Early (N170/M170) face-sensitivity despite right lateral occipital brain damage in acquired prosopagnosia

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Prieto, Esther Alonso ^a   Caharel, Stéphanie ^a   Henson, Richard ^b   Rossion, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FFA; N170 M170; OFA; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RIGHT LATERAL OCCIPITAL BRAIN DAMAGE; SCALP; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84933676037     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00138     Document Type: Article

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