The Functional Impact of Mental Imagery on Conscious Perception

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 982-986

  Pearson, Joel ^a,b   Clifford, Colin W G ^b   Tong, Frank ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ORIENTATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45849083482     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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