Temporal frequency and chromatic processing in humans: An fMRI study of the cortical visual areas

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1-17

  D'Souza, Dany V ^a   Auer, Tibor ^a   Strasburger, Hans ^b   Frahm, Jens ^a   Lee, Barry B ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Cone opponent; fMRI; Isoluminance; Retinotopy; Temporal frequency; Visual areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA CONE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054749710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.8.1     Document Type: Article

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