Does the redundant signal effect occur at an early visual stage?

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Savazzi, Silvia ^a   Marzi, Carlo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Reaction time; Redundancy gain; Visible persistence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36348981145     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1182-y     Document Type: Article

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