The representation of perceived angular size in human primary visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-434

  Murray, Scott O ^a   Boyaci, Huseyin ^b   Kersten, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33344461609     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1641     Document Type: Article

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