Changes in cortical activity during mental rotation: A mapping study using functional MRI

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-100

  Cohen, M S ^a,b   Kosslyn, S M ^c   Breiter, H C ^b   Digirolamo, G J ^d   Thompson, W L ^c   Anderson, A K ^c   Bookheimer, S Y ^a   Rosen, B R ^b   Belliveau, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Functional MRI; Mental imagery; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROTATION;

EID: 0029921741     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.1.89     Document Type: Article

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