The fusiform face area is engaged in holistic, not parts-based, representation of faces.

Numerous studies with functional magnetic resonance imaging have shown that the fusiform face area (FFA) in the human brain plays a key role in face perception. Recent studies have found that both the featural information of faces (e.g., eyes, nose, and mouth) and the configural information of faces...

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Main Authors: Jiedong Zhang, Xiaobai Li, Yiying Song, Jia Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3391267?pdf=render