Can visual information encoded in cortical columns be decoded from magnetoencephalography data in humans?

NeuroImage

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-204

  Cichy, Radoslaw Martin ^a   Ramirez, Fernando Mario ^b   Pantazis, Dimitrios ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical columns; Magnetoencephalography; Multivariate pattern analysis; Orientation encoding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938853572     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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