Visual information process in Williams syndrome: Intact motion detection accompanied by typical visuospatial dysfunctions

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1810-1818

  Nakamura, Miho ^a,b   Kaneoke, Yoshiki ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^c   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human V5 MT; Magnetoencephalography; Motion perception; Visuospatial cognition; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOSPATIAL DYSFUNCTION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0036436489     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02227.x     Document Type: Article

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