Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:33:38 BST CiteULike: oamg's library [437 articles] http://www.citeulike.org/user/oamg/article/1479628 CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/oamg/article/1479628 <i>Neuropsychologia (13 June 2007)</i><br /><br />We investigated brain activity evoked by faces which were not consciously perceived by subjects. Subdural electrophysiological recordings and functional neuroimaging studies have each demonstrated face-specific processing in the fusiform gyrus (FFG) of humans. Using pattern masks, a stimulus can be presented but not consciously perceived, and thus can be used to assay obligatory or automatic processes. Here, using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging and pattern masking, we observed that masked faces but not masked objects activated the right FFG. Other regions activated by consciously perceived unmasked faces were not activated when faces were masked. These data provide strong evidence for an automatic face-processing region in the right FFG. Face processing without awareness in the right fusiform gyrus. James P Morris Kevin A Pelphrey Gregory McCarthy doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.020 Neuropsychologia (13 June 2007) 2007-07-25T00:38:25-00:00 2007 Neuropsychologia 0028-3932 face fusiform_gyrus