Fusiform face area

Fusiform face area
Human brain, bottom view. Fusiform face area shown in bright blue.
Computer-enhanced fMRI scan of a person who has been asked to look at faces. The image shows increased blood flow in cerebral cortex that recognizes faces (FFA).
Anatomical terminology

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).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference blind_from_birth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kanwisher N, McDermott J, Chun MM (Jun 1, 1997). "The fusiform face area: a module in human extrastriate cortex specialized for face perception". J. Neurosci. 17 (11): 4302–11. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.17-11-04302.1997. PMC 6573547. PMID 9151747.
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