?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Early+cortical+activation+indicates+preparation+for+retrieval+of+memory+for+faces%3A+an+event-related+potential+study&rft.creator=Endl%2C+W&rft.creator=Walla%2C+P&rft.creator=Lindinger%2C+G&rft.creator=Lalouschek%2C+W&rft.creator=Barth%2C+F+G&rft.creator=Deecke%2C+L&rft.creator=W%2C+Lang&rft.subject=Neurology&rft.description=Event-related+brain+potentials+(ERPs)+were+used+to+investigate+thetime+course+of+memory+processes+following+the+presentation+of+faces.+Following+a+phase+in+which+subjects+were+asked+to+memorise+faces+presented+on+a+computer+screen+(study+phase)+they+had+to+distinguish+the+previously+presented+faces+from+others+new+to+the+experiment+(test+phase).+We+found+that+in+a+time+period+from+250-350+ms+after+onset+of+stimulus+presentation+ERPs+show+higher+negativity+for+both+repeated+and+novel+faces+in+the+test+phase+compared+to+the+study+phase.+This+situation+dependent+effect+is+most+pronounced+in+occipito-temporal+regions.+We+conclude+that+memory+retrieval+for+faces+is+a+sequential+process%3A+The+early+part+of+this+process+constitutes+preparation+for+the+retrieval+of+stored+information%2C+and+a+later+part+of+the+process+comprises+the+discrimination+between+repeated+and+novel+faces.&rft.publisher=Elsevier+Science+Ireland+Ltd.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F11%2F1%2FEndl_etal.html&rft.identifier=++Endl%2C+W+and+Walla%2C+P+and+Lindinger%2C+G+and+Lalouschek%2C+W+and+Barth%2C+F+G+and+Deecke%2C+L+and+W%2C+Lang++(1998)+Early+cortical+activation+indicates+preparation+for+retrieval+of+memory+for+faces%3A+an+event-related+potential+study.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F11%2F