Effects of stimulus type and strategy on mental rotation network: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JAN2016, 2016, Pages

  Tomasino, Barbara ^a   Gremese, Michele ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALE meta analysis; fMRI; Mental imagery; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; META ANALYSIS; MODULATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ROTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULUS;

EID: 84956704719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00693     Document Type: Article

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