Converging evidence for the detection of change without awareness

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2002, Pages 99-118

  Thornton, Ian M ^a   Fernandez Duque, Diego ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0036458085     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)40045-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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