Is the whole the sum of its parts? Configural processing of headless bodies in the right fusiform gyrus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-110

  Soria Bauser, Denise ^a   Suchan, Boris ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrastriate body area; First order relational information; Fusiform body area; Headless body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT FUSIFORM GYRUS; MALE; RIGHT FUSIFORM GYRUS; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHOLE BODY MRI; ART; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920915424     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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