Neurophysiological correlates of face gender processing in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 303-310

  Mouchetant Rostaing, Yolande ^a   Giard, Marie Hélène ^a   Bentin, Shlomo ^b   Aguera, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Pernier, Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive model; Electrophysiology; Face perception; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MODEL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033967968     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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