Attentional modulation of perceptual grouping in human visual cortex: Functional MRI studies

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 424-432

  Han, Shihui ^a,b   Jiang, Yi ^a   Mao, Lihua ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^c   Gu, Hua ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attention; Calcarine cortex; fMRI; Perceptual grouping; Proximity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CALCARINE CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17844406211     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20119     Document Type: Article

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