TMS to the "occipital face area" affects recognition but not categorization of faces

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-251

  Solomon Harris, Lily M ^a   Mullin, Caitlin R ^a   Steeves, Jennifer K E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face processing; FFA; Fusiform gyrus; Inferior occipital gyrus; OFA; Reverse hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACE CATEGORIZATION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FACE PROCESSING; FFA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; INFERIOR OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OFA; REVERSE HIERARCHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884583564     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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