Priority of face perception during subliminal stimulation using a new color-opponent flicker stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-61

  Hoshiyama, Minoru ^a,b   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a,c,d   Takeshima, Yasuyuki ^a   Miki, Kensaku ^a   Watanabe, Shoko ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad band system; Color opponent system; Face; Flicker; Human; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33646796348     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.054     Document Type: Article

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