Neural representation of animacy in the early visual areas: A functional MRI study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 271-280

  Morito, Y ^a,b,c   Tanabe, H C ^a,b   Kochiyama, T ^d   Sadato, N ^a,b,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animacy; fMRI; Lateral occipital complex; Object identification; Ventral visual pathway; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349138181     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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