Event related potentials to the subject's own face

Journal/Book: Brain Cognition. 1996; 32: 525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. Academic Press Inc Jnl-Comp Subscriptions. 183-186.

Abstract: This paper studies the effect upon ERPS of using the subject's own face as stimulus. In EEG recording from Cz obtained from a sample of 12 normal subjects, this stimulus produces a late positive component that is statistically significant in two different time windows. These windows reflect two different subcomponents. The first one might correspond to the automatic recognition of the face and the second one to the decision process involved in the experimental paradigm. The study also confirms the appearance of a negativity for unfamiliar faces.

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