Functional specialization and dynamic resource allocation in visual cortex

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Plomp, Gijs ^a,b   Van Leeuwen, Cees ^a   Ioannides, Andreas A ^a,c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c AAI SCIENTIFIC CULTURAL SERVICES LTD   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Context; Cuneus; Fusiform gyrus; Letters; Magnetoencephalography; V1; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYMBOLISM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 74049083354     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20840     Document Type: Article

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