Face-selective processing in human extrastriate cortex around 120 ms after stimulus onset revealed by magneto- and electroencephalography

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-150

  Linkenkaer Hansen, Klaus ^a,b   Palva, Jaakko M ^a   Sams, Mikko ^c   Hietanen, Jari K ^c   Aronen, Hannu J ^d   Ilmoniemi, Risto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Faceprocessing; Human; Magnetoencephalography; MEG; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE PROFILE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 18244426103     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00586-2     Document Type: Article

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