Category-specific visual responses: An intracranial study comparing gamma, beta, alpha, and ERP response selectivity

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vidal, Juan R ^a   Ossandón, Tomás ^a   Jerbi, Karim ^a   Dalal, Sarang S ^a   Minotti, Lorella ^b   Ryvlin, Philippe ^a,c,d   Kahane, Philippe ^b   Lachaux, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Neurological Hospital   (France)

^d University Medical Hospital of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

ERP; Faces; Fusiform gyrus; Gamma band; iEEG; Occipitotemporal cortex; Visual object category; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION;

EID: 79953000588     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00195     Document Type: Article

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