Activation in a frontoparietal cortical network underlies individual differences in the performance of an embedded figures task

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Walter, Elizabeth ^a   Dassonville, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960579883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020742     Document Type: Article

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