Misaligning face halves increases and delays the N170 specifically for upright faces: Implications for the nature of early face representations

Brain Research

Volumn 1318, Issue , 2010, Pages 96-109

  Jacques, Corentin ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

composite face; EEG; Event related potential; Face perception; Holistic processing; N170

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449096508     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.070     Document Type: Article

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