DOES VISUAL SUBORDINATE-LEVEL CATEGORISATION ENGAGE THE FUNCTIONALLY DEFINED FUSIFORM FACE AREA?

@article{Gauthier2000DOESVS,
  title={DOES VISUAL SUBORDINATE-LEVEL CATEGORISATION ENGAGE THE FUNCTIONALLY DEFINED FUSIFORM FACE AREA?},
  author={Isabel Gauthier and Michael J. Tarr and Jill Moylan and Adam W. Anderson and Pawel Skudlarski and John C. Gore},
  journal={Cognitive Neuropsychology},
  year={2000},
  volume={17},
  pages={143 - 164}
}
Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to compare brain activation associated with basic-level (e.g. bird) and subordinate-level (e.g. eagle) processing for both visual and semantic judgements. We localised the putative face area for 11 subjects, who also performed visual matching judgements for pictures and aurally presented words. The middle fusiform and occipital gyri were recruited for subordinate minus basic visual judgements, reflecting additional perceptual processing. When the… 
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