The continuous wagon wheel illusion is associated with changes in electroencephalogram power at ∼13 Hz

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 502-507

  VanRullen, Rufin ^b   Reddy, Leila ^a   Koch, Christof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bistable percepts; Consciousness; EEG; Electroencephalogram; Human; Illusion; Motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POWER SPECTRUM; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32544451563     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4654-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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