Investigating the features of the M170 in congenital prosopagnosia

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Rivolta, Davide ^a,b   Palermo, Romina ^c,d   Schmalzl, Laura ^a,e   Williams, Mark A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congenital prosopagnosia; Face processing; M170; MEG; Scene processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL PROSOPAGNOSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RIGHT FUSIFORM GYRUS; RIGHT LATERAL OCCIPITAL AREA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84859171085     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00045     Document Type: Article

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