Brain stimulation and conscious experience: Electrical stimulation of the cortical surface at a threshold current evokes sustained neuronal activity only after a prolonged latency

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 560-565

  Pollen, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central processing time; Conscious visual experience; Consciousness in time; Direct cortical stimulation; Libet effect; Perceptual latency

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VISION;

EID: 33746437971     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.04.003     Document Type: Note

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