Neurophysiological correlates for the perception of facial sexual dimorphism

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-522

  Cellerino, Alessandro ^a,b   Borghetti, Davide ^c   Valenzano, Dario R ^a   Tartarelli, Giandonato ^a   Mennucci, Andrea ^a   Murri, Luigi ^c   Sartucci, Ferdinando ^b,c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Event related potentials (ERPs); Face perception; Gender perception; Independent component analysis; Neural sources; Perceived masculinity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIPOLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MASCULINITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCALP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33846459085     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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