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Nancy Kanwisher

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Publications

198

Citations

54.9K

H-Index

103

Active since

1981

Affiliations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Current)

McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Harvard University

Massachusetts General Hospital

Nancy Kanwisher is an author at Massachusetts Institute of Technology specializing in neuroscience, visual perception, and cognitive neuroscience.

Publications per year

1981–2024

198

Publications

198

The Fusiform Face Area: A Module in Human Extrastriate Cortex Specialized for Face Perception

Nancy Kanwisher, Josh H. McDermott, Marvin M. Chun · Journal of Neuroscience · 1997 · 7.9K citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology +14

A cortical representation of the local visual environment

Russell A. Epstein, Nancy Kanwisher · Nature · 1998 · 3.1K citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

People thinking about thinking peopleThe role of the temporo-parietal junction in “theory of mind”

Rebecca Saxe, Nancy Kanwisher · NeuroImage · 2003 · 2.4K citations

Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology +12

A Cortical Area Selective for Visual Processing of the Human Body

Paul E. Downing, Yuhong Jiang, Miles Shuman et al. · Science · 2001 · 2.1K citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Vision Science +17

Mental Imagery of Faces and Places Activates Corresponding Stimulus-Specific Brain Regions

Kathleen M. O’Craven, Nancy Kanwisher · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 2000 · 1.1K citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology +17

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