title: The magnetoencephalographic response to upright and inverted face stimuli in a patient with Williams syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan. mihon@inst-hsc.jp
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gunji
authors.forename: Ryusuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kakigi
mesh_terms: 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*