Neural mechanisms of perceptual grouping in human visual cortex

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 819-823

  Mao, Lihua ^a   Han, Shihui ^a   Guo, Chunyan ^b   Jiang, Yi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcarine cortex; Event related potential; Perceptual grouping; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844380854     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wc0004     Document Type: Article

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