The representation of illusory and real contours in human cortical visual areas revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8560-8572

  Mendola, Janine D ^a   Dale, Anders M ^a   Fischl, Bruce ^a   Liu, Arthur K ^a   Tootell, Roger B H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral occipital; Neuroimaging; Shape perception; Stereopsis; Surface segmentation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033216277     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08560.1999     Document Type: Article

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