Mental rotation studied by functional magnetic resonance imaging at high field (4 Tesla): Performance and cortical activation

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-432

  Tagaris, Georgios A ^a   Kim, Seong Gi ^b   Strupp, John P ^b   Andersen, Peter ^b   Uǧurbil, Kamil ^b   Georgopoulos, Apostolos P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; ROTATION; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030744087     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.4.419     Document Type: Article

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