Gender difference in N170 elicited under oddball task

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Choi, Damee ^a   Egashira, Yuka ^a   Takakura, Jun'ya ^a   Motoi, Midori ^a   Nishimura, Takayuki ^b   Watanuki, Shigeki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Event related potential; Face; Gender difference; N170; Oddball task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925332045     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40101-015-0045-7     Document Type: Article

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