Beyond the single study: Function/location metanalysis in cognitive neuroimaging

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-187

  Fox, Peter T ^a   Parsons, Lawrence M ^a   Lancaster, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0032052695     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(98)80138-4     Document Type: Article

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