Behavioral change and its neural correlates in visual agnosia after expertise training

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 554-568

  Behrmann, Marlene ^a   Marotta, Jonathan ^b   Gauthier, Isabel ^c   Tarr, Michael J ^d   McKeeff, Thomas J ^e  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE; GREEBLE TRAINING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISION; VISUAL AGNOSIA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16444387456     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929053467613     Document Type: Article

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