Walk-related mimic word activates the extrastriate visual cortex in the human brain: An fMRI study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-189

  Osaka, Naoyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrastriate cortex; fMRI; Mimic word; Onomatopoeia; Superior temporal sulcus; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHONETICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CORTEX; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549110827     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.10.042     Document Type: Article

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