Privileged coding of convex shapes in human object-selective cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 753-762

  Haushofer, Johannes ^a   Baker, Chris I ^b,c   Livingstone, Margaret S ^a   Kanwisher, Nancy ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

OXYGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 55249084388     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90310.2008     Document Type: Article

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