Occipital face area
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occipital-face-area-215-68861
title:
Occipital face area
text:
The occipital face area (OFA) is a region of the human cerebral cortex which is specialised for face perception. The OFA is located on the lateral surface of the occipital lobe adjacent to the inferior occipital gyrus. The OFA comprises a network of brain regions including the fusiform face area (FFA) and posterior superior temporal sulcus (STS) which support facial processing. The identification of the OFA emerged from neuroimaging studies, particularly fMRI and PET, which revealed heightened n
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Part of the human brain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_face_area
date created:
2019-02-19T15:11:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:19:07Z
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