Intra- and interhemispheric connectivity between face-selective regions in the human brain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3087-3095

  Davies Thompson, Jodie ^a,b   Andrews, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Connectivity; Fusiform face area; Inferior frontal gyrus; Occipital face area; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; CEREBRUM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84870568546     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01171.2011     Document Type: Article

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