Increased gamma-band synchrony precedes switching of conscious perceptual objects in binocular rivalry

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1139-1142

  Doesburg, Sam M ^a   Kitajo, Keiichi ^a,c   Ward, Lawrence M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Consciousness; Electroencephalogram; Gamma band; Neural synchrony; Perception; Phase synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23044446484     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200508010-00001     Document Type: Article

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