Optimal Eye-Gaze Fixation Position for Face-Related Neural Responses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zerouali, Younes ^a,b   Lina, Jean Marc ^b,c   Jemel, Boutheina ^b,c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84878800479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060128     Document Type: Article

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