Surface area of early visual cortex predicts individual speed of traveling waves during binocular rivalry

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1499-1508

  Genç, Erhan ^a,b,c   Bergmann, Johanna ^a,c,d   Singer, Wolf ^a,c,e,f   Kohler, Axel ^a,c,g,h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^f FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

binocular rivalry; interindividual differences; primary visual cortex; surface size; traveling wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIATE CORTEX; SURFACE AREA; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930369337     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht342     Document Type: Article

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