Development of cortical responses to optic flow

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 845-856

  Gilmore, Rick O ^a   Hou, C ^b   Pettet, M W ^b   Norcia, A M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Human; Infants; Optic flow; V5 MT+

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC FLOW; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 37549018088     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070769     Document Type: Article

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