Interocular rivalry revealed in the human cortical blind-spot representation

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6834, 2001, Pages 195-199

  Tong, Frank ^a   Engel, Stephen A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

BLIND SPOTS;

BINOCULAR VISION;

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; GRATING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OPTIC DISK; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035837245     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35075583     Document Type: Article

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