Development of face-sensitive event-related potentials during infancy: A review

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-58

  De Haan, Michelle ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^b   Halit, Hanife ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical face processing system; Event related potential; Face sensitive

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; HUMAN; INFANCY; PROCESS MODEL; RECOGNITION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0242558243     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00152-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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