Distinct regions of right temporal cortex are associated with biological and human-agent motion: Functional magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological evidence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 15442-15453

  Han, Zaizhu ^a   Bi, Yanchao ^a   Chen, Jing ^b   Chen, Quanjing ^a   He, Yong ^a   Caramazza, Alfonso ^c,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84884537927     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5868-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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