Using fMRI to distinguish components of the multiple object tracking task

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Howe, Piers D ^a   Horowitz, Todd S ^a   Morocz, Istvan Akos ^b   Wolfe, Jeremy ^a   Livingstone, Margaret S ^c  

^a Visual Attention Laboratory   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; FMRI; Inferior parietal sulcus; Medial temporal area; Multiple object tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64949127709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.4.10     Document Type: Article

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