Intracerebral electrical stimulation of a face-selective area in the right inferior occipital cortex impairs individual face discrimination

NeuroImage

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 487-497

  Jonas, Jacques ^a,b,c,d   Rossion, Bruno ^d   Krieg, Julien ^b,c   Koessler, Laurent ^b,c   Colnat Coulbois, Sophie ^a,b   Vespignani, Hervé ^a,b,c   Jacques, Corentin ^d   Vignal, Jean Pierre ^a,b,c   Brissart, Hélène ^a   Maillard, Louis ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electrical brain stimulation; Fast periodic visual stimulation; Individual face discrimination; Intracerebral recordings; Occipital face area; Repetition suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVENT RELATED SPECTRAL PERTURBATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACEREBRAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84904809149     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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