Kanwisher, Nancy

The fusiform face area: a module in human extrastriate cortex specialized for face perception

Kanwisher, N., McDermott, J., & Chun, M. M. (1997) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Face Recognition and PerceptionFace recognition and analysis

Cited by 7,738

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

Saxe, R., & Kanwisher, N. (2003) · NeuroImage

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 2,316

A cortical area selective for visual processing of the human body

Downing, P. E., Jiang, Y., Shuman, M., & Kanwisher, N. (2001) · Science

Face Recognition and PerceptionVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 2,043

The fusiform face area: a cortical region specialized for the perception of faces

Kanwisher, N., & Yovel, G. (2006) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Face Recognition and PerceptionFace recognition and analysis

Cited by 1,718

Domain specificity in face perception

Kanwisher, N. (2000) · Nature Neuroscience

Face Recognition and PerceptionEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 968

Broad domain generality in focal regions of frontal and parietal cortex

Fedorenko, E., Duncan, J., & Kanwisher, N. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 952

Functional specificity in the human brain: a window into the functional architecture of the mind

Kanwisher, N. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesFace Recognition and Perception

Cited by 929

fMRI evidence for objects as the units of attentional selection

O'Craven, K. M., Downing, P. E., & Kanwisher, N. (1999) · Nature

Visual perception and processing mechanismsVisual Attention and Saliency Detection

Cited by 846

Understanding Other Minds: Linking Developmental Psychology and Functional Neuroimaging

Saxe, R., Carey, S., & Kanwisher, N. (2004) · Annual Review of Psychology

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 726

New method for fMRI investigations of language: defining ROIs functionally in individual subjects

Fedorenko, E., Hsieh, P.-J., Nieto-Castañón, A., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., & Kanwisher, N. (2010) · Journal of Neurophysiology

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies

Cited by 686

Functional specificity for high-level linguistic processing in the human brain

Fedorenko, E., Behr, M. K., & Kanwisher, N. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy Development

Cited by 595

Divide and conquer: A defense of functional localizers

Saxe, R., Brett, M., & Kanwisher, N. (2006) · NeuroImage

Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Cited by 544

The neural architecture of language: Integrative modeling converges on predictive processing

Schrimpf, M., Blank, I. A., Tuckute, G., Kauf, C., Hosseini, E. A., Kanwisher, N., Tenenbaum, J. B., & Fedorenko, E. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 517

Spurious group differences due to head motion in a diffusion MRI study

Yendiki, A., Koldewyn, K., Kakunoori, S., Kanwisher, N., & Fischl, B. (2014) · NeuroImage

Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Cited by 508

Face Perception

Yovel, G., & Kanwisher, N. (2004) · Neuron

Face Recognition and PerceptionFace recognition and analysis

Cited by 450

A region of right posterior superior temporal sulcus responds to observed intentional actions

Saxe, R., Xiao, D.-K., Kovacs, G., Perrett, D. I., & Kanwisher, N. (2004) · Neuropsychologia

Action Observation and SynchronizationChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 446

Functional organization of social perception and cognition in the superior temporal sulcus

Deen, B., Koldewyn, K., Kanwisher, N., & Saxe, R. (2015) · Cerebral Cortex

Action Observation and SynchronizationFace Recognition and Perception

Cited by 443

Dissociating language and thought in large language models

Mahowald, K., Ivanova, A. A., Blank, I. A., Kanwisher, N., Tenenbaum, J. B., & Fedorenko, E. (2024) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNatural Language Processing Techniques

Cited by 345

Reduced GABAergic Action in the Autistic Brain

Robertson, C. E., Ratai, E.-M., & Kanwisher, N. (2016) · Current Biology

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Cited by 327

Toward a universal decoder of linguistic meaning from brain activation

Pereira, F., Lou, B., Pritchett, B., Ritter, S., Gershman, S. J., Kanwisher, N., Botvinick, M., & Fedorenko, E. (2018) · Nature Communications

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy Development

Cited by 324

Feedback of visual object information to foveal retinotopic cortex

Williams, M. A., Baker, C. I., Op de Beeck, H. P., Mok Shim, W., Dang, S., Triantafyllou, C., & Kanwisher, N. (2008) · Nature Neuroscience

Visual perception and processing mechanismsFace Recognition and Perception

Cited by 235

Neural correlate of the construction of sentence meaning

Fedorenko, E., Scott, T. L., Brunner, P., Coon, W. G., Pritchett, B., Schalk, G., & Kanwisher, N. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy Development

Cited by 199

A functional dissociation between language and multiple-demand systems revealed in patterns of BOLD signal fluctuations

Blank, I., Kanwisher, N., & Fedorenko, E. (2014) · Journal of Neurophysiology

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies

Cited by 181

Brain-like functional specialization emerges spontaneously in deep neural networks

Dobs, K., Martinez, J., Kell, A. J. E., & Kanwisher, N. (2022) · Science Advances

Face Recognition and PerceptionNeural Networks and Applications

Cited by 129