Brain events related to normal and moderately scrambled faces

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-76

  George, Nathalie ^a   Evans, Julie ^b   Fiori, Nicole ^a   Davidoff, Jules ^c   Renault, Bernard ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evoked potential; Face; Processing negativity; Scalp current density mapping; Vertex P2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0008895986     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-6410(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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