The changing face of perceptual rivalry

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 610-618

  Ngo, Trung T ^a,c,d   Liu, Guang B ^a,b   Tilley, Andrew J ^a   Pettigrew, John D ^a   Miller, Steven M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambiguous figures; Caloric vestibular stimulation; Face processing; Fusiform gyrus; Interhemispheric switching; Rubin's figure ground illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 40749150067     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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