Morphing between expressions dissociates continuous from categorical representations of facial expression in the human brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 21164-21169

  Harris, Richard J ^a   Young, Andrew W ^a   Andrews, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face; fMRI; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84871370074     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212207110     Document Type: Article

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