Distinct neural correlates underlying two- and three-dimensional mental rotations using three-dimensional objects

Brain Research

Volumn 1144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-126

  Kawamichi, Hiroaki ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshiaki ^b   Noriuchi, Madoka ^b   Senoo, Atsushi ^b   Ueno, Shoogo ^c  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal premotor cortex; fMRI; Mental rotation; Superior parietal lobule; Visuo motor network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947355862     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.082     Document Type: Article

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