Brain potentials and integration of external and internal features into face representations

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-69

  Olivares, Ela I ^a   Iglesias, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Configural processing; ERP; Face processing; Facial features; N170; P150

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 40849119498     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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