Electrophysiological studies of face processing in developmental prosopagnosia: Neuropsychological and neurodevelopmental perspectives

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 503-529

  Towler, John ^a   Eimer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event related brain potentials; Face perception; Face processing; Face recognition; Prosopagnosia; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VISION;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874405886     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2012.716757     Document Type: Article

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