Individual variability in location impacts orthographic selectivity in the "visual word form area"

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 11221-11226

  Glezer, Laurie S ^a   Riesenhuber, Maximilian ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880480836     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5002-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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