Feeling with the mind's eye: The role of visual imagery in tactile perception

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 276-281

  Sathian, K ^a   Zangaladze, Andro ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross modal; Grating; Multisensory; Orientation; PET; Positron emission tomography; Spatial frequency; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VISION;

VISUAL CORTEX;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA IMAGE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0035019520     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200105000-00010     Document Type: Article

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