The anatomic basis of the right face-selective N170 IN acquired prosopagnosia: A combined ERP/fMRI study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2553-2563

  Dalrymple, Kirsten A ^a,c   Oruç, Ipek ^a   Duchaine, Brad ^c   Pancaroglu, Raika ^a   Fox, Christopher J ^a   Iaria, Giuseppe ^b   Handy, Todd C ^a   Barton, Jason J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired prosopagnosia; Event related potentials; Face perception; FMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; POSTERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960200433     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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