Inversion and contrast-reversal effects on face processing assessed by MEG

Brain Research

Volumn 1115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-120

  Itier, Roxane J ^a   Herdman, Anthony T ^b   George, Nathalie ^c   Cheyne, Douglas ^d   Taylor, Margot J ^d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast reversal; Face; Inversion; M170; Magnetoencephalography; Synthetic Aperture Magnetometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33748924148     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.072     Document Type: Article

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