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Controlling interstimulus perceptual variance does not abolish N170 face sensitivity

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Figure 1: ISPV does not account for N170 face sensitivity.

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Supplementary Fig. 1

Larger N170 to faces than to cars despite equal ISPV. (PDF 58 kb)

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The N170 effect is posterior-lateral distributed and independent of ISPV. (PDF 58 kb)

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Face-sensitive global field power in the N170 time range is independent of ISPV. (PDF 219 kb)

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Self-contradictions in Thierry et al. (PDF 85 kb)

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Bentin, S., Taylor, M., Rousselet, G. et al. Controlling interstimulus perceptual variance does not abolish N170 face sensitivity. Nat Neurosci 10, 801–802 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0707-801

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