The representation of subordinate shape similarity in human occipitotemporal cortex

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Panis, Sven ^a   Vangeneugden, Joris ^a   Op de Beeck, Hans P ^a   Wagemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Categorization; Functional magnetic resonance adaptation; Object recognition; Shape perception; Shape similarity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 56349158749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.10.9     Document Type: Article

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