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fusiform face area: a standalone construct

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Cognitive neuroscience

a region of the fusiform gyrus that responds much more strongly to faces than to other objects.

In cognitive neuroscience, fusiform face area refers to a region of the fusiform gyrus that responds much more strongly to faces than to other objects. This meaning comes from Kanwisher (1997) in The Journal of Neuroscience.[1]

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References

Kanwisher, N., McDermott, J., & Chun, M. M. (1997). The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception. The Journal of Neuroscience, 17(11), 4302-4311. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.17-11-04302.1997

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