Early ERP modulation for task-irrelevant subliminal faces

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Pegna, Alan J ^a,b   Darque, Alexandra ^a,b   Berrut, Claire ^a,b   Khateb, Asaid ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Awareness; ERP EEG; Face; N170; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862245554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00088     Document Type: Article

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