Electrophysiological correlates of the composite face illusion: Disentangling perceptual and decisional components of holistic face processing in the human brain

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-238

  Kuefner, Dana ^a   Jacques, Corentin ^a,b   Prieto, Esther Alonso ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite effect; ERP; Face perception; Holistic perception; LRP; N170

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 78049428839     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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