The neural bases of spatial frequency processing during scene perception

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Kauffmann, Louise ^a   Ramanoël, Stephen ^a   Peyrin, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Coarse to fine; Hemispheric specialization; Natural scene; Parahippocampal place area; Retinotopy; Spatial frequencies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCENE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84900564344     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00037     Document Type: Review

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