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) [1] that is specialized for facial recognition. [2] It is located in the inferior temporal cortex (IT), in the fusiform gyrus (Brodmann area 37).

The Fusiform Face Area (FFA) refers to a region in the brain, specifically located in the lateral middle fusiform gyrus, that is highly responsive to faces compared to other objects. It is primarily involved in the holistic processing of faces, recognizing facial features and their arrangement.

The fusiform face area (FFA) is a widely studied region causally involved in face perception. Even though cognitive neuroscientists have been studying the FFA for over two decades, answers to foundational questions regarding the function, architecture, and connectivity of the FFA from a large (N>1000) group of participants are still lacking.

Here, we review the literature on a region of the human brain that appears to play a key role in face perception, known as the fusiform face area (FFA). Section 1 outlines the theoretical background for much of this work.

The fusiform face area, or FFA, is a small region found on the inferior (bottom) surface of the temporal lobe. It is located in a gyrus called the fusiform gyrus. What is the fusiform face area and what does it do?

2004年4月11日 · The function of the fusiform face area (FFA), a face-selective region in human extrastriate cortex, is a matter of active debate.

2016年9月1日 · The fusiform face area (FFA) is considered to be a highly specialized brain module because of its central importance for face perception. However, many researchers claim that the FFA is a general visual expertise module that distinguishes between individual examples within a single category.

2024年9月30日 · A tiny region within the brain’s fusiform gyrus holds the key to unlocking the intricate world of human social interaction, beginning with our extraordinary ability to recognize and remember faces. This remarkable feat, which most of us take for granted, is the result of a specialized area in our brain known as the Fusiform Face Area (FFA).

The visual word 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 is hypothesized to be involved in identifying words and letters from lower-level shape images, prior to association with phonology or semantics.[1][2] Because the alphabet is ...

The fusiform face area (FFA) is a region of the cortex in the inferior temporal lobe of the brain that has been shown to respond most strongly to faces compared with other types of input (e.g., objects) for typically developing individuals.