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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
Introduction to the Simons Center, Nancy Kanwisher, 2m 33s
Introduction to the Simons Center, Nancy Kanwisher, 2m 33s
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.
Nancy Kanwisher
…psychology, which is investigating how the mind works by observing its outward behavior. She is credited with co-discovering and characterizing the fusiform face area (FFA) in the human brain, a region whose function appears to be the recognition of fine distinctions between well-known objects and, in particular…
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
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).