Spatial scale contribution to early visual differences between face and object processing

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 416-424

  Goffaux, Valérie ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^b   Rossion, Bruno ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Face processing; N170; Spatial scales; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0346037308     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(03)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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