Face processing: getting by with a little help from its friends.
Functional imaging identified a putative face-specific area within the fusiform gyrus of human visual cortex; the precise role of this area is still in question, however, and recent imaging studies have implicated other cortical areas in face processing. These studies show the dangers of considering a single cortical area in isolation.
Tovée
M J
MJ
Department of Psychology, Ridley Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK. m.j.tovee@ncl.ac.uk
D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*