Visual illusions and neurobiology

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 920-926

  Eagleman, David M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; ILLUSIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035654828     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35104092     Document Type: Article

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