The role of the superior temporal sulcus in face recognition and perception

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 737-742

  Iidaka, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotion; Face; fMRI; Gaze; Intension; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; FACE RECOGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; FACE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863875176     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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