A cortical representation the local visual environment

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6676, 1998, Pages 598-601

  Epstein, Russell ^a   Kanwisher, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0032499196     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33402     Document Type: Article

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