Is perception discrete or continuous?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 207-213

  VanRullen, Rufin ^a   Koch, Christof ^b  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCIES; NEUROLOGY; OSCILLATIONS;

CONSCIOUS PERCEPTION;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OSCILLATION; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0038060610     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00095-0     Document Type: Review

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