Representation of action in occipito-temporal cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1765-1780

  Wiggett, Alison J ^a   Downing, Paul E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955832473     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21552     Document Type: Article

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