Alternative mode of presentation of Kanizsa figures sheds new light on the chronometry of the mechanisms underlying the perception of illusory figures

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 554-566

  Brodeur, M ^a,b   Lepore, F ^b   Lepage, M ^a   Bacon, B A ^b,c   Jemel, B ^d   Debruille, J B ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^c BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Hôpital Rivière des Prairies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amodal completion; Evoked potentials; Kanizsa figure; Modal completion; N1; P1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38749083798     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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