The effects of parts, wholes, and familiarity on face-selective responses in MEG

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Harris, Alison M ^a   Aguirre, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Face perception; M170; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOGNITION; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FACE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 48749102407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.10.4     Document Type: Article

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