Robust expertise effects in right FFA

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-144

  McGugin, Rankin Williams ^a   Newton, Allen T ^b,c   Gore, John C ^b,c   Gauthier, Isabel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Expertise; FFA; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; EXPERTISE EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908413143     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.08.029     Document Type: Article

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