Specialization for written words over objects in the visual cortex

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 330-344

  Szwed, Marcin ^a,c,f   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,c,d,g   Kleinschmidt, Andreas ^a,c,g   Eger, Evelyn ^a,c   Valabrègue, Romain ^b   Amadon, Alexis ^c   Cohen, Laurent ^b,e,f  

^a IFR 49 ^*  (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^e ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

High level vision; Letter recognition; Object recognition; Perceptual learning; Visual word form recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL AREA V3; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL WORD FORM AREA; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; VISUAL CORTEX; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953065387     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.073     Document Type: Article

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