From local to global: Cortical dynamics of contour integration

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Tanskanen, Topi ^a   Saarinen, Jussi ^b   Parkkonen, Lauri ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Functional imaging; Human; Magnetoencephalography; Perceptual organization; Shape and contour; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 46149118467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.7.15     Document Type: Article

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