The occipital face area is causally involved in the formation of identity-specific face representations
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DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1467-2
Abstract: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and neuroimaging studies suggest a role of the right occipital face area (rOFA) in early facial feature processing. However, the degree to which rOFA is necessary for the encoding of facial… read more here.
Keywords: image; identity specific; occipital face; face area ... See more keywords
Person identity‐specific adaptation effects in the ventral occipito‐temporal cortex
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DOI: 10.1111/ejn.15604
Abstract: Identifying the faces of familiar persons requires the ability to assign several different images of a face to a common identity. Previous research showed that the occipito‐temporal cortex, including the fusiform and the occipital face… read more here.
Keywords: adaptation; temporal cortex; identity; person ... See more keywords