Effects of human race and face inversion on the N170: A cross-race study

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 157-165

  Gajewski, Patrick D ^a,b   Schlegel, Katrin ^b   Stoerig, Petra ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Configuration; Event related potentials (ERP); Face inversion effect; Face processing; N170; Other race effect; Perceptual expertise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 65549160925     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.22.4.157     Document Type: Article

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