Early visually evoked electrophysiological responses over the human brain (P1, N170) show stable patterns of face-sensitivity from 4 years to adulthood

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2010, Pages

  Kuefner, Dana ^a   de Heering, Adélaïde ^a   Jacques, Corentin ^a   Palmero Soler, Ernesto ^a   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; ERP; Face recognition; N170

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870226674     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.067.2009     Document Type: Article

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