Building virtual reality fMRI paradigms: A framework for presenting immersive virtual environments

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-298

  Mueller, Charles ^a   Luehrs, Michael ^a   Baecke, Sebastian ^a   Adolf, Daniela ^a   Luetzkendorf, Ralf ^a   Luchtmann, Michael ^a   Bernarding, Johannes ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Real time fMRI; Stimulus presentation; Virtual environments; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CUNEUS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROFEEDBACK; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL PLACE AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864027079     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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