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Is the N170 sensitive to the human face or to several intertwined perceptual and conceptual factors?

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Figure 1: ERPs and N170 topographies recorded to faces and to cars in the low- and high-ISPV conditions of experiment 1 of Thierry et al.1.

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    Guillaume Thierry, Clara D Martin & Paul E Downing

  2. University of Wales, Bangor, LL57 2AS, UK

    Guillaume Thierry, Clara D Martin & Paul E Downing

  3. Laboratoire Langage Cerveau et Cognition, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Université de Lyon, CNRS, 67, boulevard Pinel, Bron, 69675, cedex, France

    Clara D Martin

  4. Laboratory of Experimental Neuropsychology, Neuropsychology Unit, Neurology Clinic, Geneva University Hospital, 24, Rue Micheli du Crest, Geneva 14, CH-1211, Switzerland

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Thierry, G., Martin, C., Downing, P. et al. Is the N170 sensitive to the human face or to several intertwined perceptual and conceptual factors?. Nat Neurosci 10, 802–803 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0707-802

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