The magnetoencephalographic response to upright and inverted face stimuli in a patient with Williams syndrome.
The processing of faces in a patient with Williams syndrome was investigated using magnetoencephalography by evaluating responses to upright and inverted face stimuli. His processing of upright faces was not different from that of healthy adults. However, the processing of inverted faces was faster than those of healthy adults and faster than his processing of upright faces. The result indicated the absence of face inversion effect usually observed in healthy adults.
Nakamura
Miho
M
Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. mihon@inst-hsc.jp
Watanabe
Shoko
S
Gunji
Atsuko
A
Kakigi
Ryusuke
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*