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Fusiform face area
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The fusiform face area is a part of the human visual system that is specialized for facial recognition. It is located in the inferior temporal cortex, in the fusiform gyrus.
Computer-enhanced fMRI scan of a person who has been asked to look at faces. The image shows increased blood flow in cerebral cortex that recognizes faces (FFA).
Computer-enhanced fMRI scan of a person who has been asked to look at faces. The image shows increased blood flow in cerebral cortex that recognizes f
Nancy Kanwisher
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Nancy Gail Kanwisher FBA is the Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a researcher
Fusiform face area
…between faces and objects will reveal areas that are face-selective. The human FFA was first described by Justine Sergent in 1992 and later named by Nancy Kanwisher in 1997 who proposed that the existence of the FFA is evidence for domain specificity in the visual system. Studies have recently shown that the FFA…
Introduction to the Simons Center, Nancy Kanwisher, 2m 33s
Introduction to the Simons Center, Nancy Kanwisher, 2m 33s