Using spatial frequency scales for processing face features and face configuration: An ERP analysis

Brain Research

Volumn 1194, Issue , 2008, Pages 100-109

  Flevaris, Anastasia V ^a,b   Robertson, Lynn C ^a,b   Bentin, Shlomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Configural vs. feature processing; N170; Spatial frequency scales

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FACE; FACE CONFIGURATION; FACE FEATURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY SCALE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 39149090348     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.11.071     Document Type: Article

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