The link between visual exploration and neuronal activity: A multi-modal study combining eye tracking, functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3652-3661

  Chaves, Silvia ^a   Vannini, Patrizia ^a   Jann, Kay ^a   Wurtz, Pascal ^a   Federspiel, Andrea ^a   Nyffeler, Thomas ^a   Luethi, Mathias ^a   Hubl, Daniela ^a   Wiest, Roland ^b   Dierks, Thomas ^a   Müri, René M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; FMRI; Theta burst; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual exploration strategy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURONAL ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL EXPLORATION; VISUOSPATIAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855185873     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.094     Document Type: Article

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