Electrophysiological correlates of processing faces of younger and older individuals

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-535

  Ebner, Natalie C ^a   He, Yi ^a   Fichtenholtz, Harlan M ^b   McCarthy, Gregory ^a   Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Face processing; In group out group; Own age effect; Own race effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961237499     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq074     Document Type: Article

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