The neuronal correlate of bidirectional synesthesia: A combined event-related potential and functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2050-2059

  Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^a,b   Kadosh, Kathrin Cohen ^a,c   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849080356     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.12.2050     Document Type: Article

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