An fMRI study of the neural correlates of graded visual perception

NeuroImage

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1711-1725

  Christensen, Mark S ^a,b   Ramsøy, Thomas Z ^a,c   Lund, Torben E ^a   Madsen, Kristoffer H ^a,d   Rowe, James B ^a,e  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

First person methods; fMRI; Neural correlates of consciousness; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745207545     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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