Temporal limitations in object processing across the human ventral visual pathway

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 382-393

  McKeeff, Thomas J ^a   Remus, David A ^a   Tong, Frank ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Psychology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34447565915     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00568.2006     Document Type: Article

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