The category-sensitive and orientation-sensitive N170 adaptation in faces revealed by comparison with Chinese characters

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 885-899

  Feng, Chunliang ^a   Luo, Yuejia ^b,c   Fu, Shimin ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chinese character; Event related potentials (ERPs); Face; N170

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHINESE CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS (ERPS); EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; N170; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION; CHINESE CHARACTER; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS (ERPS); FACE; N170;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881610141     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12067     Document Type: Article

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