Observing learned object-specific functional grasps preferentially activates the ventral stream

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 970-984

  Valyear, Kenneth F ^a   Culham, Jody C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SKILL; TOOL USE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952072791     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21256     Document Type: Article

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