Perceptual and anatomic patterns of selective deficits in facial identity and expression processing

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3188-3200

  Fox, Christopher J ^a   Hanif, Hashim M ^b   Iaria, Giuseppe ^c   Duchaine, Bradley C ^d   Barton, Jason J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deficits; Dissociation; Expression; Face perception; FMRI; Identity; Prosopagnosia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053599083     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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