Mapping reflexive shifts of attention in eye-centered and hand-centered coordinate systems

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-178

  Cazzato, Valentina ^a,b   Macaluso, Emiliano ^b   Crostella, Filippo ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore Maria ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coordinate systems; Gaze; Hand; Mirroring; Pointing; Reflexive attention; Saccadic eye movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COLOR; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFLEX;

EID: 80053073762     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21202     Document Type: Article

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