Characterizing the spatio-temporal dynamics of the neural events occurring prior to and up to overt recognition of famous faces

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2289-2305

  Jemel, Boutheina ^a   Schuller, Anne Marie ^b   Goffaux, Valérie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Public Research Center for Health   (Luxembourg)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE PROFILE; FACE RECOGNITION; FAMILIARITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC FIGURE; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954382499     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21320     Document Type: Article

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