Domain general mechanisms of perceptual decision making in human cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 8675-8687

  Ho, Tiffany C ^a   Brown, Scott ^b   Serences, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORY NERVE; SIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67650473154     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5984-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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