Selective right parietal lobe activation during mental rotation. A parametric PET study

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-73

  Harris, Irina M ^a,b   Egan, Gary F ^d,e   Sonkkila, Cynon ^d,e   Tochon Danguy, Henri J ^e   Paxinos, George ^c   Watson, John D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intraparietal sulcus; Mental rotation; PET; Right parietal lobe; Spatial transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033962513     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.1.65     Document Type: Article

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