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Part of the human visual system that is specialized for facial recognition
The fusiform face area (FFA, meaning spindle-shaped face area) is a part of the human visual system (while also activated in people blind from birth)
Fusiform_face_area
Gyrus of the temporal and occipital lobes of the brain
fusiform gyrus, also known as the lateral occipitotemporal gyrus, is part of the temporal lobe and occipital lobe in Brodmann area 37. The fusiform gyrus
Fusiform_gyrus
Visual disorder
an area in the fusiform gyrus which is selectively activated by stimulation when exposed to faces called the fusiform face area (FFA). Another area known
Prosopometamorphopsia
Theory that regions of the brain are specialized for functions
the cortex) and then finding an area well known for its modularity such as the fusiform face area. This landmark area then serves to orient the researcher
Functional specialization (brain)
Functional_specialization_(brain)
Cognitive process of visually interpreting the human face
area and it is sometimes referred to as the fusiform face area (FFA) for that reason. While certain areas of the brain respond selectively to faces,
Face_perception
Cognitive ability to interpret visual information
whereas the fusiform face area (FFA) responds mostly strongly to faces and face-like stimuli (Kanwisher et al., 1997). The parahippocampal place area (PPA)
Visual_processing
Spindle-like shape
aneurysm Fusiform bacteria (spindled rods, that is, fusiform bacilli), such as the Fusobacteriota Fusiform cell (biology) Fusiform face area, a part of
Fusiform
Part of the human brain
gyrus. The OFA comprises a network of brain regions including the fusiform face area and posterior superior temporal sulcus which support facial processing
Occipital_face_area
Region of the brain's temporal cortex
Brodmann area 37, or BA37, is part of the temporal cortex in the human brain. It contains the fusiform gyrus which in turn contains the fusiform face area, an
Brodmann_area_37
American neuroscientist
Kanwisher, Nancy (1997-06-01). "The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception" (PDF). The Journal of Neuroscience
Nancy_Kanwisher
Cognitive disorder of face perception
known'. The brain area usually associated with prosopagnosia is the fusiform gyrus, which activates specifically in response to faces. The functionality
Prosopagnosia
Delusion that one is dead or non-existent
misfiring in the fusiform face area of the brain, which recognizes faces, and in the amygdalae, which associate emotions to a recognized face. The neural disconnection
Cotard's_syndrome
Region of the brain
form area (VWFA) is a functional region of the left fusiform gyrus and surrounding cortex (right-hand side being part of the fusiform face area) that
Visual_word_form_area
Area of the brain's visual cortex involved in identifying body parts
parts, akin in its respective domain to the fusiform face area, involved in the perception of human faces. The EBA was identified in 2001 by the team
Extrastriate_body_area
body area (EBA), which perceives bodies in relation to body parts, and the fusiform face area (FFA), which is involved in the perception of faces. Marius
Fusiform_body_area
Psychological construct pertaining to facial recognition
whether the fusiform face area (FFA) in the brain, traditionally linked to face recognition, is similarly driven by expertise rather than face-specific processing
Greeble_(psychology)
Visual perception phenomenon
Faces are normally processed in the special face-selective regions of the brain, such as the fusiform face area. However, processing inverted faces involves
Face_inversion_effect
Ability of recognizing emotions in others
areas suspected of being involved in the processing of faces and emotional information. The fusiform face area, part of the fusiform gyrus is an area
Emotion_perception
Front of head
stimuli. The face is the feature which best distinguishes a person. Specialized regions of the human brain, such as the fusiform face area (FFA), enable
Face
fine-scale functional regions such as the anterior portion of the fusiform face area. Cytoarchitectonically, the lateral and medial sides of the MFS are
Mid-fusiform_sulcus
memorizing faces than non-faces. There are several areas of the brain associated with the highly specialized form of memory for faces. The fusiform face area (FFA)
Memory and social interactions
Memory_and_social_interactions
Use of neuroscience in study of social cognition
and may be involved in prosocial behavior. The fusiform face area (FFA) is strongly associated with face processing and perceptual expertise. The FFA has
Social_cognitive_neuroscience
Perception of meaningful patterns or images in random or vague stimuli
as faces. A 2009 magnetoencephalography study found that objects perceived as faces evoke an early (165 ms) activation of the fusiform face area at a
Pareidolia
Ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others
animations versus a random or deterministic motion control: mPFC, pSTS, fusiform face area (FFA), and amygdala were selectively engaged during the theory of
Theory_of_mind
Tendency to perceive connections between unrelated things
usually occurs as a result of the fusiform face area—which is the part of the human brain responsible for seeing faces—mistakenly interpreting an object
Apophenia
Significantly better-than-average face recognition ability
human face Fusiform face area – Part of the human visual system that is specialized for facial recognition Prosopagnosia – Cognitive disorder of face perception
Super_recogniser
Delimited medium where some stimuli can evoke neuronal responses
radial gratings or hands. It is also believed that in the fusiform face area, images of faces excite the cortex more than other images. This property was
Receptive_field
Cognitive process
structure is called the fusiform gyrus, and brain imaging studies have shown that it becomes highly active when a subject is viewing a face. Several case studies
Pattern recognition (psychology)
Pattern_recognition_(psychology)
Impairment in recognition of visually presented objects
Prosopagnosia (inability to recognize faces) is due to damage of the fusiform face area (FFA). An area in the fusiform gyrus of the temporal lobe that has
Visual_agnosia
Impairment in the ability to learn new faces
more refined processing occurs within the fusiform face area (FFA), the occipital face area (OFA), and the face-selective region of the superior temporal
Prosopamnesia
Type of perceptual task requiring attention
face recognition, specifying that faces endure specialized processing within a region called the fusiform face area (FFA) located in the mid fusiform
Visual_search
Relationship between handedness and the nervous system
forced group. The Fusiform Face area is an area typically unilaterally, much like the language areas, and localized on the right fusiform gyrus. However
Neuroanatomy_of_handedness
Biological processes that may contribute to autism
high-functioning autism had reduced activity in the fusiform face area when viewing pictures of faces.[verification needed] ASD could be linked to mitochondrial
Mechanism_of_autism
Optical illusion
responsible for "configural processing" in face recognition is the fusiform face area of the cortex, which is affected in both the congenital and the acquired
Thatcher_effect
Ability to interpret the surrounding environment using light in the visible spectrum
Josh; Chun, Marvin M. (June 1997). "The fusiform face area: a module in human extrastriate cortex specialized for face perception". The Journal of Neuroscience
Visual_perception
Term in human neuroanatomy referring to several things
appropriate context. Fusiform Face Area The Fusiform face area (FFA) is an area that has been studied to be highly active when faces are being attended
Brain_asymmetry
Paired structure within the brain temporal lobe
deficits in social perception in autism: the role of the amygdala and fusiform face area". International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 23 (2–3): 125–41
Amygdala
Cognitive processes necessary for control of behavior
(August 2003). "Dissecting contributions of prefrontal cortex and fusiform face area to face working memory". Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15 (6): 771–784
Executive_functions
Grey matter region surrounding the hippocampus
the fusiform face area (FFA), a nearby cortical region that responds strongly whenever faces are viewed, and that is believed to be important for face recognition
Parahippocampal_gyrus
Sociological notions
black faces, white faces and objects. They found that participants in this study exhibited greater activity in the fusiform face area (FFA), an area of the
In-group_and_out-group
Ability to identify objects
specialization are the fusiform face area (FFA), which shows increased activation for faces when compared with objects, the parahippocampal place area (PPA) for scenes
Object recognition (cognitive science)
Object_recognition_(cognitive_science)
Proposed ability of brain cells to represent different types of information
(extrastriate body area), faces (fusiform face area) (according to a recent paper by Adamson and Troiani (2018) regions of the fusiform face area respond equally
Neuronal_tuning
Body parts responsible for vision
face blindness, is a brain disorder that produces an inability to recognize faces. This disorder often arises after damage to the fusiform face area.
Visual_system
Canadian neuroscientist
YUFOs, Ziggerins). One brain area frequently investigated by Gauthier and colleagues using fMRI is the fusiform face area (FFA). The FFA is believed to
Isabel_Gauthier
Topics referred to by the same term
National Weather Service Ford–Fulkerson algorithm Free fatty acid Fusiform face area Fundus fluorescein angiography; see fluorescein angiography Federal
FFA
Verbal or non-verbal actions used to guide social interactions
person's face allows others to gain information about that person, which is helpful when it comes to social interaction. The fusiform face area of the human
Social_cue
Brain response to faces
this region in face processing came through the use of fMRI, which found that a region of the fusiform gyrus, the "fusiform face area", responded selectively
N170
decreased gray matter volumes in the fusiform gyrus.[medical citation needed] There is evidence that the fusiform face area is a visual cortical region that
Visual processing abnormalities in schizophrenia
Visual_processing_abnormalities_in_schizophrenia
Complex interplay of factors
cascades on the development of cortical areas that mediate social perception in the visual domain. The fusiform face area of the ventral stream is implicated
Causes_of_autism
Type of explicit memory
form area, a region in the left fusiform gyrus, which is believed to specialized in recognizing written words. Similarly, the fusiform face area, located
Recognition_memory
Set of eigenvectors used in the computer vision problem of human face recognition
151–158 Face Recognition Homepage PCA on the FERET Dataset Developing Intelligence Eigenfaces and the Fusiform Face Area A Tutorial on Face Recognition
Eigenface
Competition of objects for visual processing
middle temporal area, as well as the fusiform face area was seen when subjects were asked to attend to a moving face. The middle temporal area is involved
Biased_competition_theory
Psychiatric patient with a visual perception disorder
areas. There is also some shrinkage in the intraparietal sulcus, often implicated in the dorsal stream for visuomotor control. The fusiform face area
Patient_DF
One of three gyri of the temporal lobe of the brain
The fusiform gyrus or fusiform face area (FFA) deals more with facial and body recognition rather than objects. The parahippocampal place area (PPA)
Inferior_temporal_gyrus
Deep groove separating the two cerebral hemispheres of the vertebrate brain
point to the face in the picture, and will answer “a man” if asked what the picture is depicting. This is because the Fusiform Face Area (FFA) is in the
Longitudinal_fissure
Lebanese neurosurgeon
evidence towards the functional neuroanatomy of face processing. She described the Fusiform face area (FFA) in 1992. Using positron emission tomography
Justine_Sergent
and object categorization. Fusiform face area (FFA) A specialized part of the fusiform gyrus that responds selectively to faces. It is often studied in the
Glossary_of_neuroscience
Association of physical beauty with positive traits
the cortex process face views. The information about facial features is then passed on to the fusiform face area of the fusiform gyrus (FG) for facial
Physical attractiveness stereotype
Physical_attractiveness_stereotype
Neuronal events sufficient for a specific conscious percept
upper stages of the ventral pathway (e.g., the fusiform face area and the parahippocampal place area) as well as in early regions, including V1 and the
Neural correlates of consciousness
Neural_correlates_of_consciousness
American cognitive neuroscientist
artificial systems. His highest cited paper is Activation of the middle fusiform 'face area' increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects which has
Michael_J._Tarr
Regions of the brain's temporal cortex; compose the perirhinal cortex
primarily in the fusiform gyrus. Cytoarchitecturally it is bounded laterally and caudally by the inferior temporal area 20, medially by the area 35 and rostrally
Brodmann_areas_35_and_36
Several such regions have been identified within the visual cortex. The fusiform face area (FFA) was first described by Sergent et al.(1992) who conducted a
Neural processing for individual categories of objects
Neural_processing_for_individual_categories_of_objects
British-German brain researcher (born 1971)
Brain-Computer Interfaces based on fMRI for Volitional Control of Amygdala and Fusiform Face Area: Applications in Autism with the TU Berlin's Neurotechnology Group
John-Dylan_Haynes
Perceptual phenomenon
activated. If individuals were instructed to detect changes in faces, the fusiform face area was also significantly activated. In addition, other structures
Change_blindness
Process of memorising faces
Kanwisher N, McDermott J, Chun MM. The fusiform face area: a module in human extrastriate cortex specialized for face perception. Journal of Neuroscience
Face_superiority_effect
Lexical phenomenon
word is a person's name, the fusiform face area will likely show activation as the rememberer processes the person's face. Problems like this make it difficult
Tip_of_the_tongue
American scientist
PMC 9725891. PMID 36443921. Pierce, K. (2001-10-01). "Face processing occurs outside the fusiform 'face area' in autism: evidence from functional MRI". Brain
Karen_Pierce_(scientist)
Cognitive bias on facial recognition
found that different areas of the brain (such as the fusiform face area) activate when processing own-race vs other-race faces. Research using computational
Cross-race_effect
American psychologist
European-American faces while getting fMRI scans. There was 1.5 times more activation in the right hemisphere of the brain, specifically the fusiform face areas (FFAs)
Jennifer_Eberhardt
American psychologist
internally represent others' faces. These effects are thought to be driven by specific interactions between the fusiform face area, orbitofrontal cortex, and
Jon_Freeman_(academic)
American neuroscientist
McDermott, J. & Chun, M. M. (1997). "The fusiform face area: a module in human extrastriate cortex specialized for face perception". Journal of Neuroscience
James_V._Haxby
Region on the Moon which resembles a face
information from the left fusiform gyrus to conclude whether or not the image is a face. The gyrus's inherent ability to detect faces and patterns in organisms
Face_on_Moon_South_Pole
Mental disorder
al. have shown lesions in the anterior fusiform gyrus, which is close to the face specific area (ventral fusiform cortex), may also be associated with Fregoli
Fregoli_delusion
American neuroscientist
study face perception in macaques. Similar to the fusiform face area identified in humans with, they discovered a series of small brain areas, referred
Doris_Tsao
Diagnostic framework in personalized psychiatry
prevalence of mental illness or any measure of morbidity. I see it in other areas of medicine and I don't see it for mental illness. That was the basis for
Research_Domain_Criteria
Groove in the brain's temporal lobe
22/Wernicke's area (Planum temporale) Superior temporal sulcus Middle temporal gyrus 21 Medial/inferior Occipitotemporal sulcus Fusiform gyrus 37/Fusiform face area
Rhinal_sulcus
cognitive neuroscientist known for discovering the fusiform face area and the parahippocampal place area Leslie M. Kay (fl. 1999), neuroscientist at the
List_of_women_neuroscientists
Physical arrangement of muscle fibers at the macroscopic level
anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA). Parallel muscles can be further defined into three main categories: strap, fusiform, or fan-shaped. Strap muscles
Muscle_architecture
(2006). "The fusiform face area is not sufficient for face recognition: Evidence from a patient with dense prosopagnosia and no occipital face area" (PDF).
Visual_modularity
Imperfect recall of a crime or other dramatic event
Kanwisher, N.; Yovel, G. (2006). "The fusiform face area: A cortical region specialized for the perception of faces". Philosophical Transactions of the
Eyewitness_memory
Region of the brain that processes visual information
description of the tuning space for V4. Visual area V4 is not tuned for complex objects such as faces, as areas in the inferotemporal cortex are. The firing
Visual_cortex
American psychologist
Kalanit; Knouf, Nicholas; Kanwisher, Nancy (2004). "The fusiform face area subserves face perception, not generic within-category identification". Nature
Kalanit_Grill-Spector
Football Australia Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Free-Fire Area Fusiform Face Area Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
List_of_acronyms:_F
Neurological study
process the face. The lateral fusiform gyrus is a facial recognition area of the brain. Within this brain region, the fusiform face area (FFA) analyzes
Neuroscience_and_race
Bulge in the wall of a blood vessel
aneurysm to its main ("parent") artery, a larger, rounded area, called the dome.[citation needed] Fusiform aneurysms ("spindle-shaped" aneurysms) are variable
Aneurysm
Brain region responsible for colour processing
colour stimuli to activate multiple areas in the brain, including the fusiform gyrus and the lingual gyrus. These areas, as well as others identified as
Colour_centre
Ambrose J, Allen G, Courchesne E (October 2001). "Face processing occurs outside the fusiform 'face area' in autism: evidence from functional MRI". Brain:
History_of_autism
Perceiving the motion of a biological agent
frame. These detectors model neurons in Superior temporal sulcus and Fusiform face area The input of these detectors is arranged from vector u and are comprised
Biological_motion_perception
Psychological phenomenon
(June 2001). "Seen Gaze-Direction Modulates Fusiform Activity and Its Coupling with Other Brain Areas during Face Processing". NeuroImage. 13 (6): 1102–1112
Eye_contact_effect
Muscles terminology
stronger than both unipennate muscle and fusiform muscle, due to a larger physiological cross-sectional area. Bipennate muscle shortens less than unipennate
Anatomical_terms_of_muscle
Excellence Network Study Group (March 2023). "Tubers Affecting the Fusiform Face Area Are Associated with Autism Diagnosis". Annals of Neurology. 93 (3):
Lesion_network_mapping
German radiologist
M., Langner, R., Ulrich, R., and Grodd, W. (2011). Many faces of expertise: fusiform face area in chess experts and novices. J. Neurosci. 31, 10206–10214
Wolfgang_Grodd
One of the four lobes of the mammalian brain
involved in high-level visual processing of complex stimuli such as faces (fusiform gyrus) and scenes (parahippocampal gyrus). Anterior parts of this ventral
Temporal_lobe
Species of agaric fungus
Basidia measure 20.9–27.2(–32.2) ×6.1–10.4 μm, are 4-spored, shaped broadly fusiform (like a spindle, rounded in the middle and tapering to the ends) to broadly
Psilocybe_angulospora
Artery which supplies blood to the occipital lobe of the brain
distributed to the uncus and the anterior part of the fusiform gyrus Posterior temporal, to the fusiform and the inferior temporal gyri Lateral occipital,
Posterior_cerebral_artery
Rare neurological condition
presentation of faces activates the fusiform gyrus and superior temporal sulcus. As in the premotor cortex, activation in these areas is higher when observing
Mirror-touch_synesthesia
Study of cognitive processes involved in social interactions
shown that the fusiform gyrus, a region of the brain involved in face processing, is particularly sensitive to perceiving faces in non-face objects. Point-light
Social_cognition
Form of electrotherapy
agraphia, apraxia, etc. EBS in face-sensitive regions of the fusiform gyrus caused a patient to report that the faces of the people in the room with him
Electrical_brain_stimulation
Species of gastropod
5 mm in diameter. The shape of the shell tapers to a point at both ends (fusiform) with a narrow oval- to crescent-shaped opening and a shortened axis of
Euglandina_rosea
Order of aquatic herbivorous mammals
weights of 5 to 10 tonnes (5.5 to 11.0 short tons). Sirenians have a large, fusiform body which reduces drag through the water and heavy bones that act as ballast
Sirenia
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