Alpha-band oscillations in visual cortex: Part of the neural correlate of visual awareness?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Sewards, Terence V ^a   Sewards, Mark A ^a,b  

^a Sandia Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Consciousness; Magnocellular; Monkey; Parvocellular; Perceptual binding; Scene segmentation; Synchronous oscillations; Temporal binding; Temporal phase; Visual awareness; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OSCILLATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; HUMANS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033014923     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(98)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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