The electrophysiological correlate of contour integration is similar for color and luminance mechanisms

Psychophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-322

  Mathes, Birgit ^a   Fahle, Manfred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b The Henry Wellcome Applied Vision Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding; Contour specific negative shift; ERPs; Perception of objects; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33847661233     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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