Cortical synchronization suggests neural principles of visual feature grouping

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-269

  Eckhorn, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Figure ground segregation; Gamma activity; Perceptual grouping; Synchronization; Visual coding; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE FIXATION; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034041485     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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