Processing of targets in smooth or apparent motion along the vertical in the human brain: An fMRI study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 360-370

  Maffei, Vincenzo ^a   Macaluso, Emiliano ^a   Indovina, Iole ^a   Orban, Guy ^b   Lacquaniti, Francesco ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN STEM; DECELERATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049156788     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00892.2009     Document Type: Article

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