Functional anatomy of object recognition in humans: Evidence from positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-9

  Bly, Benjamin Martin ^a   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030949850     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199702000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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