Brain potentials reflect residual face processing in a case of prosopagnosia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 691-718

  Bobes, Maria A ^a   Lopera, F ^b   Diaz L ^a   Galan, L ^a   Carbonell, F ^a   Bringas, M L ^c   Valdes Sosa M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE NEUROCIENCIAS DE CUBA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c Intl Neurological Rehab Center   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL VALUE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; SCALP; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY; TRUST;

EID: 6444239313     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290342000258     Document Type: Article

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