A functional neuroimaging study of the variables that generate category-specific object processing differences

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 943-962

  Moore, Caroline J ^a   Price, Cathy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category specificity; Functional neuroimaging; Object identification; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032950580     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.5.943     Document Type: Article

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