Facial expression recognition takes longer in the posterior superior temporal sulcus than in the occipital face area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 9173-9177

  Pitcher, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Occipital face area; Superior temporal sulcus; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FACE PERCEPTION; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903643271     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5038-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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