Absence of face-specific cortical activity in the complete absence of awareness: Converging evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and event-Related potentials

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 396-415

  Rodríguez, Valia ^a   Thompson, Russell ^b   Stokes, Mark ^c   Brett, Matthew ^d   Alvarez, Indira ^a   Valdes Sosa, Mitchell ^a   Duncan, John ^b  

^a CUBAN NEUROSCIENCE CENTER   (Cuba)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN REGION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84555186905     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00137     Document Type: Article

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