The cortical representation of foveal stimuli: Evidence from quadrantanopia and TMS-induced suppression

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-316

  Chiang, Tzu Ching ^a   Walsh, Vincent ^a   Lavidor, Michal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Letter digit classification; Nasotemporal overlap; Neural basis of behavior; Occipital cortex; Split fovea; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRANT HEMIANOPIA; RETINA FOVEA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETICS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 7044239644     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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