Mental rotation of objects versus hands: Neural mechanisms revealed by positron emission tomography

Psychophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Kosslyn, Stephen M ^a,b   DiGirolamo, Gregory J ^a,c   Thompson, William L ^a   Alpert, Nathaniel M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Mental imagery; Mental rotation; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INSULA; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031890191     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577298001516     Document Type: Article

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