The neural basis of the egocentric and allocentric spatial frame of reference

Brain Research

Volumn 1137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-103

  Zaehle, Tino ^a   Jordan, Kirsten ^b   Wüstenberg, Torsten ^b   Baudewig, Jürgen ^b   Dechent, Peter ^b   Mast, Fred W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allocentric reference frame; Egocentric reference frame; Functional Magnetic resonance imaging; Spatial frame of reference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846914246     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.044     Document Type: Article

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