Neural competition through visual similarity in face selection

Brain Research

Volumn 1351, Issue , 2010, Pages 172-184

  Gentile, F ^a   Jansma, B M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Face perception; Face selective areas; fMRI; Neural competition; Visual similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956173329     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.06.050     Document Type: Article

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