What constrains the organization of the ventral temporal cortex?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-2

  Gauthier, Isabel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

EID: 0033959337     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(99)01416-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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