Emotional expressions evoke a differential response in the fusiform face area

It is widely assumed that the fusiform face area (FFA), a brain region specialised for face perception, is not involved in processing emotional expressions. This assumption is based on the proposition that the FFA is involved in face identification and only processes features that are invariant acro...

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Main Authors: Bronson Blake Harry, Mark eWilliams, Chris eDavis, Jeesun eKim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00692/full