Electrophysiological studies of face perception in humans

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 551-565

  Bentin, Shlomo ^a   Allison, Truett ^b   Puce, Aina ^b   Perez, Erik ^a   McCarthy, Gregory ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; DURA MATER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE; FACE; FURNITURE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIP; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCALP; SKIN ELECTRODE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030469420     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.6.551     Document Type: Article

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