Anatomical connectivity patterns predict face selectivity in the fusiform gyrus

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-327

  Saygin, Zeynep M ^a,b   Osher, David E ^a,b   Koldewyn, Kami ^a,b   Reynolds, Gretchen ^a   Gabrieli, John D E ^a,b   Saxe, Rebecca R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856279673     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3001     Document Type: Article

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