Modulation of face-sensitive event-related potentials by canonical and distorted human faces: The role of vertical symmetry and up-down featural arrangement

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1343-1358

  Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a   Kuefner, Dana ^a   Westerlund, Alissa ^b   Nelson, Charles A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748752612     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.8.1343     Document Type: Article

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