A dorsal visual route necessary for global form perception: Evidence from neuropsychological fMRI

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 621-634

  Lestou, Vaia ^a   Lam, Judith Mi Lin ^b   Humphreys, Katie ^a   Kourtzi, Zoe ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Bernstein Center Tübingen   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT; VISION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84893413574     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00489     Document Type: Article

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