Prefrontal modulation of visual processing in humans

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Correlating Behavioral Responses to fMRI Signals from Human Prefrontal Cortex: Examining Cognitive Processes Using Task Analysis
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Correlating Behavioral Responses to fMRI Signals from Human Prefrontal Cortex: Examining Cognitive Processes Using Task Analysis

Published on: June 20, 2012

F Barceló1, S Suwazono, R T Knight

  • 1Department of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University, Somosaguas 28223, Madrid, Spain.

Nature Neuroscience
|March 22, 2000
PubMed

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