Distinct spatial scale sensitivities for early categorisation of faces and places: Neuromagnetic and behavioural findings

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Awasthi, Bhuvanesh ^a   Sowman, Paul F ^a   Friedman, Jason ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Face perception; M170; Place perception; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA IMAGE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84933672710     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00091     Document Type: Article

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