Response profile of the face-sensitive N170 component: A rapid adaptation study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2442-2452

  Eimer, Martin ^a   Kiss, Monika ^a   Nicholas, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; event related brain potentials; face perception; N170 component

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956595233     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp312     Document Type: Article

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