Neural specialization for letter recognition

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-159

  Polk, Thad A ^a   Stallcup, Matthew ^b   Aguirre, Geoffrey K ^b   Alsop, David C ^b   D'Esposito, Mark ^b   Detre, John A ^b   Farah, Martha J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0037083036     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892902317236803     Document Type: Article

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