Face processing is gated by visual spatial attention

Human perception of faces is widely believed to rely on automatic processing by a domain-specifi c, modular component of the visual system. Scalp-recorded event-related potential (ERP) recordings indicate that faces receive special stimulus processing at around 170 ms poststimulus onset, in that fac...

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Main Authors: Roy E Crist, Chien-Te Wu, Chris Karp, Marty G Woldorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2008-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
FFA
STS
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.09.010.2007/full