Repetition learning of vibrotactile temporal sequences: An fMRI study in blind and sighted individuals

Brain Research

Volumn 1433, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-79

  Burton, Harold ^a   Agato, Alvin ^a   Sinclair, Robert J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Human occipital cortex; Magnetic resonance imaging; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855200080     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.11.039     Document Type: Article

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