Multivoxel Patterns in Fusiform Face Area Differentiate Faces by Sex and Race

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Contreras, Juan Manuel ^a   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^a   Mitchell, Jason P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE RECOGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881141597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069684     Document Type: Article

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