The dynamics of visual pattern masking in natural scene processing: A magnetoencephalography study

Journal of Vision

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-286

  Rieger, Jochem W ^a,b,e   Braun, Christoph ^c   Bülthoff, Heinrich H ^b   Gegenfurtner, Karl R ^b,d  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

MEG; Natural scene; Pattern backward masking; Physiology; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECORDING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 27344457157     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/5.3.10     Document Type: Article

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