Hemispheric Asymmetries for Whole-Based and Part-Based Face Processing in the Human Fusiform Gyrus
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by MIT Press in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Vol. 12 (5) , 793-802
- https://doi.org/10.1162/089892900562606
Abstract
Behavioral studies indicate a right hemisphere advantage for processing a face as a whole and a left hemisphere superiority for processing based on face features. The present PET study identifies t...Keywords
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