Letter binding and invariant recognition of masked words: Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 307-313

  Dehaene, S ^a   Jobert, A ^a   Naccache, L ^a   Ciuciu, P ^b   Poline, J B ^b   Bihan, D Le ^b   Cohen, L ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b U de Neuroimagerie Anatomo Fonct   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 2542587015     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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