Temporal dynamics of figure-ground segregation in human vision

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 951-957

  Neri, Peter ^a,b   Levi, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33846445338     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00753.2006     Document Type: Article

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