The role of sensorimotor learning in the perception of letter-like forms: Tracking the causes of neural specialization for letters

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-110

  James, Karin H ^a   Atwood, Thea P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; FMRI; Letters; Neural activation; Pseudoletters; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISION; WRITING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649522419     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290802425914     Document Type: Article

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