The mind's eye mapped onto the brain's matter

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 50-54

  Behrmann, Marlene ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Mental imagery; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034404770     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00059     Document Type: Article

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