EEG correlates of categorical and graded face perception

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3847-3853

  Moulson, Margaret C ^a   Balas, Benjamin ^b   Nelson, Charles ^c,d   Sinha, Pawan ^e  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Face perception; N170; Single trial classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE PERCEPTION; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855221845     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.09.046     Document Type: Article

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