Electrophysiological studies of human face perception. I: Potentials generated in occipitotemporal cortex by face and non-face stimuli

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-430

  Allison, Truett ^c   Puce, Aina ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^c   McCarthy, Gregory ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LUMINANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIATE CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032812269     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/9.5.415     Document Type: Article

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