Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the spatio-temporal characteristic of face selection in the context of the Biased Competition (BC) model using electroencephalography (EEG). Pairs of similar (SIM) or dissimilar (DISS) faces were presented simultaneously. Subjects had to attend to one face (ATT) or ignore both faces (IGN). According to the BC account, simultaneously presented faces compete for representation. Spatial attention biases these competitive interactions towards neural processing of the attended face alone. A preceding functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study confirmed the validity of BC as selection principle in the occipital face area (OFA) and in the fusiform face area (FFA) (IGN SIM
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 682-694 |
Journal | Neuroimage |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |