Visual mental imagery: What the head's eye tells the mind's eye

Brain Research

Volumn 1367, Issue , 2011, Pages 287-297

  Bourlon, Clémence ^a,b,c,d   Oliviero, Bastien ^a   Wattiez, Nicolas ^a,b   Pouget, Pierre ^a,b   Bartolomeo, Paolo ^a,b,d,e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Service de Neurorééducation   (France)

^d Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movement; Mental imagery; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650513002     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.039     Document Type: Article

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