The quest for the FFA and where it led

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1056-1061

  Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HISTORY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECOGNITION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 85011385001     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1706-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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