Cortical specialisation for face processing: Face-sensitive event-related potential components in 3- and 12-month-old infants

NeuroImage

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1180-1193

  Halit, H ^a   De Haan, M ^b   Johnson, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042170067     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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