Early holistic face-like processing of Arcimboldo paintings in the right occipito-temporal cortex: Evidence from the N170 ERP component

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-164

  Caharel, Stéphanie ^a   Leleu, Arnaud ^b,c,d   Bernard, Christian ^b   Viggiano, Maria Pia ^e   Lalonde, Robert ^b   Rebaï, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arcimboldo paintings; Face sensitive N170 ERP component; Holistic face like processing; Inversion effect; Right occipito temporal cortex; Visual categorization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORIENTATION; PAINTING; PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STANDING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ARCIMBOLDO PAINTINGS; FACE-SENSITIVE N170 ERP COMPONENT; HOLISTIC FACE-LIKE PROCESSING; INVERSION EFFECT; RIGHT OCCIPITO-TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CATEGORIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886951878     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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