Parallel, multi-stage processing of colors, faces and shapes in macaque inferior temporal cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1870-1878

  Lafer Sousa, Rosa ^a   Conway, Bevil R ^a,b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; COLOR VISION; FACE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPLORHINI; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LUMINANCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VEGETABLE; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; FACE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84888349266     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3555     Document Type: Article

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