Journeying beyond classical somatosensory cortex

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 254-264

  Sathian, K ^a,b   Lacey, Simon ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

HUMANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38449114801     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cjep2007026     Document Type: Article

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