Age-related changes in processing faces from detection to identification: ERP evidence

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206.e1-206.e28

  Daniel, Sharon ^a   Bentin, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; ERPs; Face processing; Global and local processing; N170; P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACE PROCESSING; FACIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

EID: 81355139052     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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