A cardinal orientation bias in scene-selective visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 14921-14926

  Nasr, Shahin ^a   Tootell, Roger B H ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL PLACE AREA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867797055     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2036-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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