Attention to single letters activates left extrastriate cortex

NeuroImage

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 829-839

  Flowers, D L ^a,b   Jones, K ^b   Noble, K ^b,c   VanMeter, J ^b   Zeffiro, T A ^b   Wood, F B ^a   Eden, G F ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Linduistic experience; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1542346253     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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