The contribution of prefrontal cortex to global perception

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-434

  Ciaramelli, Elisa ^a,b,f   Leo, Fabrizio ^a,b   Del Viva, Maria M ^c,d   Burr, David C ^c,d,e   Ladavas, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global perception; Pattern integration; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 34447513708     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0939-7     Document Type: Article

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