The neurophysiology of backward visual masking: Information analysis

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-311

  Rolls, Edmund T ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^a   Panzeri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FACE; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033049358     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892999563409     Document Type: Article

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