The fronto-parietal network and top-down modulation of perceptual grouping

Neurocase

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 278-289

  Han, Shihui ^a,b   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collinearity; ERP; Fronto Parietal lesion; Perceptual grouping; Proximity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; RECORDING; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36348980403     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790701649930     Document Type: Article

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