The functional anatomy of a perceptual decision in the human brain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1179-1194

  Kayser, Andrew S ^a   Buchsbaum, Bradley R ^a   Erickson, Drew T ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NERVE NET; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYGEN; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949744992     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00364.2009     Document Type: Article

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