Imaging visual recognition: PET and fMRI studies of the functional anatomy of human visual recognition

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Farah, Martha J ^a   Aguirre, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032913381     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01309-1     Document Type: Review

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