Lateralization of face processing in the human brain

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 2052-2061

  Meng, Ming ^a   Cherian, Tharian ^b   Singal, Gaurav ^c   Sinha, Pawan ^d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Fusiform; Lateralization; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGING METHOD; INHIBITOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859375250     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1784     Document Type: Article

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