Time course of implicit face processing.

<p>Histogram of the amplitude of face-sensitive ERP components as a function of internal features and face orientation (upper panel) and as a function of internal features and prime-target congruency (lower panel). *p < 0.05.</p

ERP effects of masked priming.

<p>Grand-averaged event-related potentials as a function of prime-target congruency, internal features and face orientation.</p

Figure 3

<p>Mean amplitudes evoked by masculine pronouns (lui – “he”) (A) and feminine pronouns (lei – “she”) (B) after male and female stereotypical primes (n = 25). Zero point is the onset of the pronoun. Amplitudes are provided for representative electrodes only. Negativity is plotted upwards.</p

Mean log frequency, length, stereotypicality, and valence for stereotypical and definitional gender stimuli.

1<p>Min and max ratings are indicated in parenthesis. Standard Deviation is indicated in italics below the means. T-tests were performed on the means; no statistically significant differences were found in any of the comparisons, suggesting that the stimuli were closely matched for the above properties.</p>2<p>The final rating assigned to each word was calculated by combining the ratings obtained with both directions of the rating scale (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0048712#s2" target="_blank">Method</a>).</p

T2 not reported, Low RP group.

<p>T3-locked grand-average ERPs generated by considering standard RSVP trials (given T1 and T3 correctly reported) performed by the low RP group for trials in which T2 was missed. A graphical indication of the time-windows used for estimation of P2 and N400 components' amplitudes is reported at Cz.</p

Mean reaction times to judge whether the target pronoun was feminine or masculine.

<p>Mean reaction times to judge whether the target pronoun was feminine or masculine.</p

T2 reported, Low RP group.

<p>T3-locked grand-average ERPs generated by considering standard RSVP trials (given T1 and T3 correctly reported) performed by the low RP group for trials in which T2 was correctly reported. A graphical indication of the time-windows used for estimation of P2 and N400 components' amplitudes is reported at Cz.</p

Figure 2

<p>Mean amplitudes evoked by masculine pronouns (lui – “he”) (A) and feminine pronouns (lei – “she”) (B) after male and female definitional primes (n = 25). Zero point is the onset of the pronoun. Amplitudes are provided for representative electrodes only. Negativity is plotted upwards.</p

Behavioral results.

<p>Mean reaction times separately for upright and inverted faces in each experimental condition: open eyes congruent (white bar), open eyes incongruent (light grey bar), open mouth congruent (dark grey bar), and open mouth incongruent (black bar). Error bars represent standard errors.</p

T2 not reported, High RP group.

<p>T3-locked grand-average ERPs generated by considering standard RSVP trials (given T1 and T3 correctly reported) performed by the high RP group for trials in which T2 was missed. A graphical indication of the time-windows used for estimation of P2 and N400 components' amplitudes is reported at Cz.</p