It's all in the eyes: Neural responses to socially significant gaze shifts

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 763-766

  Carrick, Olivia K ^a   Thompson, James C ^a   Epling, James A ^a   Puce, Aina ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Eyes; Gaze shifts; N170; P350; Social cognition; STS; Temporal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34247600619     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280ebb44b     Document Type: Article

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