Face processing stages: Impact of difficulty and the separation of effects

Brain Research

Volumn 1123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Latinus, Marianne ^a   Taylor, Margot J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERPs; Mooney face; N170; Photographic face; Schematic face; Source analyses

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33751276942     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.031     Document Type: Article

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