Attention and sensory interactions within the occipital cortex in the early blind: An fMRI study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-330

  Weaver, Kurt E ^a   Stevens, Alexander A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 33846875450     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.2.315     Document Type: Article

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