FMRI analysis of contrast polarity in face-selective cortex in humans and monkeys

NeuroImage

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-69

  Yue, Xiaomin ^a,b   Nasr, Shahin ^a   Devaney, Kathryn J ^a   Holt, Daphne J ^a   Tootell, Roger B H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast polarity; Face inversion; Face patches; Face recognition; FFA; Monkey fMRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84876344319     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.02.068     Document Type: Article

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