A magnetoencephalographic study of face processing: M170, gamma-band oscillations and source localization

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1783-1795

  Gao, Zaifeng ^a,b   Goldstein, Abraham ^c   Harpaz, Yuval ^c   Hansel, Myriam ^b,c   Zion Golumbic, Elana ^d   Bentin, Shlomo ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Face processing; Gamma oscillations; M170

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUAL GYRUS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

FACE PROCESSING; GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; M170;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880137286     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22028     Document Type: Article

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