Selective dissociation between core and extended regions of the face processing network in congenital prosopagnosia

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1565-1578

  Avidan, Galia ^a   Tanzer, Michal ^a   Hadj Bouziane, Fadila ^b   Liu, Ning ^c   Ungerleider, Leslie G ^c   Behrmann, Marlene ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face processing; Functional connectivity; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Prosopagnosia; Ventral visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL PROSOPAGNOSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FACE PROCESSING NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL PLACE AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897759285     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht007     Document Type: Article

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