Uncovering the mechanisms of conscious face perception: A single-trial study of the N170 responses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1337-1343

  Navajas, Joaquin ^a   Ahmadi, Maryam ^a   Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872740291     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1226-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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