The brain's specialized systems for aesthetic and perceptual judgment

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1413-1420

  Ishizu, T ^a   Zeki, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective and perceptual judgment; Affective motor planning; Functional specialization; Orbitofrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877624105     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12135     Document Type: Article

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