Early ERPs to faces and objects are driven by phase, not amplitude spectrum information: Evidence from parametric, test-retest, single-subject analyses

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Bieniek, Magdalena M ^a   Pernet, Cyril R ^b   Rousselet, Guillaume A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude spectrum; Event related potentials; Face categorization; General linear model; Object categorization; Phase spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878173745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.13.12     Document Type: Article

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