Electrophysiological correlates of visual adaptation to faces and body parts in humans

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 742-753

  Kovács, Gyula ^a   Zimmer, Márta ^a   Bankó, Éva ^a,b   Harza, Irén ^a,b   Antal, Andrea ^c   Vidnyánszky, Zoltán ^b,d  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ERP; Figural aftereffects; Gender discrimination; N170

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645719344     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj020     Document Type: Article

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