Spatio-temporal localization of the face inversion effect: An event-related potentials study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-189

  Rossion, B ^a   Delvenne, J F ^a   Debatisse, D ^a   Goffaux, V ^a   Bruyer, R ^a   Crommelinck, M ^a   Guerit J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Face inversion effect; Face processing; N170

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033036660     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(99)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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