Neural correlates of the left-visual-field superiority in face perception appear at multiple stages of face processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 462-474

  Yovel, Galit ^a,b   Levy, Jerre ^a   Grabowecky, Marcia ^c   Paller, Ken A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037392827     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903321593162     Document Type: Article

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