Face familiarity decisions take 200 msec in the human brain: Electrophysiological evidence from a go/no-go speeded task

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-95

  Caharel, Stephanie ^a   Ramon, Meike ^b   Rossion, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCALP; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888321660     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00451     Document Type: Article

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