Motion opponency and transparency in the human middle temporal area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1172-1182

  Garcia, Javier O ^a   Grossman, Emily D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Human vision; Motion perception; MT; Perceptual transparency; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDENT RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION OPPONENCY; MOTION TRANSPARENCY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349199914     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06893.x     Document Type: Article

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