Neural mechanisms of rapid natural scene categorization in human visual cortex

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7251, 2009, Pages 94-97

  Peelen, Marius V ^a   Fei Fei, Li ^a,b   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67650096827     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08103     Document Type: Article

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