Rapid adaptation of the M170 response: Importance of face parts

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-476

  Harris, Alison ^a   Nakayama, Ken ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Face perception; Magnetoencephalography; Object recognition; Repetition effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; FACE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 38849172497     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm078     Document Type: Article

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