The role of the human extrastriate visual cortex in mirror symmetry discrimination: A TMS-adaptation study

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-127

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a   Mattavelli, Giulia ^a   Papagno, Costanza ^a   Herbert, Andrew ^b   Silvanto, Juha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extrastriate cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual cortex; Visual symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL EXTRASTRIATE CORTEX; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIRROR SYMMETRY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051691325     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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