Mental blocks: fMRI reveals top-down modulation of early visual cortex when obstacles interfere with grasp planning

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1703-1717

  Chapman, Craig S ^a   Gallivan, Jason P ^a   Culham, Jody C ^a   Goodale, Melvyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

FMRI; Grasping; Intraparietal sulcus; Obstacle interference; Top down modulation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PLANNING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; WRIST;

EID: 79956080282     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.02.048     Document Type: Article

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