Identity versus similarity priming for letters in left mid-fusiform cortex

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 761-764

  Burgund, E Darcy ^a   Edwards, Jennifer K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Fusiform; Letters; Priming; Reading; Visual word form area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; READING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42349094541     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282fdf688     Document Type: Article

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