The Anterior Temporal Face Area Contains Invariant Representations of Face Identity That Can Persist Despite the Loss of Right FFA and OFA

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1096-1107

  Yang, Hua ^a   Susilo, Tirta ^a   Duchaine, Bradley ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; fMRI; fusiform face area; neuropsychology; occipital face area; prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL FACE AREA; ARTICLE; FACE IDENTITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IDENTITY RECOGNITION; MALE; OCCIPITAL FACE AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961243962     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu289     Document Type: Article

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