Texture segregation in the human visual cortex: A functional MRI study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2453-2457

  Kastner, Sabine ^a,c   De Weerd, Peter ^b   Ungerleider, Leslie G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MONKEY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034039917     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.4.2453     Document Type: Article

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