Structural face encoding: How task affects the N170's sensitivity to race

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 937-942

  Senholzi, Keith B ^a   Ito, Tiffany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Face processing; N170; Race of face; Structural encoding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ERP; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FACE PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; N170; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE OF FACE; STRUCTURAL ENCODING; YOUNG ADULT;

ERP; FACE PROCESSING; N170; RACE OF FACE; STRUCTURAL ENCODING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879840764     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss091     Document Type: Article

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