Learning-related changes of brain activation in the visual ventral stream: An fMRI study of mirror reading skill

Brain Research

Volumn 1122, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 154-160

  Mochizuki Kawai, Hiroko ^a,b,e   Tsukiura, Takashi ^a   Mochizuki, Satoshi ^c   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Mirror reading; Speed; Visual dorsal stream; Visual ventral stream

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33750703144     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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