Modularity and intersection of "what", "where" and "how" processing of visual stimuli: A new method of fMRI localization

Brain Topography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 67-75

  Borowsky, Ron ^a,b   Loehr, Janeen ^a,b   Friesen, Chris Kelland ^c   Kraushaar, Greg ^a,b   Kingstone, Alan ^d   Sarty, Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dorsal stream; fMRI; Intersection; Localization; Modularity; Pictures; Ventral stream; Visual pathways; Words

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28844454275     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-005-0276-8     Document Type: Article

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