Feedback contributions to visual awareness in human occipital cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1038-1041

  Ro, Tony ^a   Breitmeyer, Bruno ^b   Burton, Philip ^a   Singhal, Neel S ^a,c   Lane, David ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038613429     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00337-3     Document Type: Article

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