FMRI reveals a lower visual field preference for hand actions in human superior parieto-occipital cortex (SPOC) and precuneus

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2525-2541

  Rossit, Stéphanie ^a   McAdam, Teresa ^b   Mclean, D Adam ^b   Goodale, Melvyn A ^b   Culham, Jody C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Grasping; Parietal lobe; Vision; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BIOMECHANICS; BOLD SIGNAL; CALCARINE SULCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PRECUNEUS; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

BRAIN; GRASPING; PARIETAL LOBE; VISION; VISUOMOTOR CONTROL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884814942     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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