Evidence for a Third Visual Pathway Specialized for Social Perception

2020/12/15 by David Pitcher, Leslie G. Ungerleider · 21 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Face Recognition and Perception #Multisensory perception and integration #Visual perception and processing mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tics.2020.11.006

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