Uncovering Camouflage: Amygdala Activation Predicts Long-Term Memory of Induced Perceptual Insight

Neuron

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1002-1014

  Ludmer, Rachel ^a   Dudai, Yadin ^a   Rubin, Nava ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952204886     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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