Cerebral lateralization of face-sensitive areas in left-handers: Only the FFA does not get it right

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2583-2589

  Bukowski, Henryk ^a   Dricot, Laurence ^a   Hanseeuw, Bernard ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Face localizer; FFA; FMRI; Left handedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PROSOPAGNOSIA; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FACE LOCALIZER; FFA; FMRI; LEFT-HANDEDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884820427     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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