An area within human ventral cortex sensitive to 'building' stimuli: Evidence and implications

Neuron

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 373-383

  Aguirre, Geoffrey K ^a   Zarahn, E ^a   D'Esposito, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BUILDING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

EID: 0032142750     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80546-2     Document Type: Article

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