Biological motion task performance predicts superior temporal sulcus activity

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-381

  Herrington, John D ^a   Nymberg, Charlotte ^b   Schultz, Robert T ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Biological motion; FMRI; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARS OPERCULARIS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERI AMYGDALA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR TREMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WALKING; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84859220826     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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