Process and domain specificity in regions engaged for face processing: An fMRI study of perceptual differentiation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2428-2444

  Collins, Heather R ^a   Zhu, Xun ^b   Bhatt, Ramesh S ^a   Clark, Jonathan D ^a   Joseph, Jane E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FACE PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868267204     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00273     Document Type: Article

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