The representation of tool and non-tool object information in the human intraparietal sulcus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2883-2896

  Mruczek, Ryan E B ^a   von Loga, Isabell S ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior parietal cortex; Tools; Visual motor transformation; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; TOOLS; VISUAL-MOTOR TRANSFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879162232     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00658.2012     Document Type: Article

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