Covert recognition and the neural system for face processing

Cortex

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-30

  Schweinberger, Stefan R ^a   Burton, A Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covert recognition; ERPs; Faces; Modelling; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037323662     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70071-6     Document Type: Review

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