Faculty Advisor
Andresen, David
Area of Study
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Publication Date
Summer 2017
Abstract
Prior research using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) suggests that facial features (i.e. eyes, nose, and mouth) and their configuration (i.e. T-shaped arrangement of features) are processed in different face-specific brain regions. However, precise response time of featural and configural face processing is unknown. Featural processing may occur before configural processing, or configural processing may occur before featural processing; conversely, they may occur simultaneously. Here, using the electroencephalography (EEG), we will examine the face-specific event related potential (ERP), the N170, to analyze temporal differences between featural and configural face processing.
Recommended Citation
Stegman, Heather Rose, "EEG Study of the Featural and Configural Components of Face Perception" (2017). Summer Research. 301.
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/summer_research/301
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Publisher
University of Puget Sound
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