The effects of pattern shape, subliminal stimulation, and voluntary control on multistable visual perception

Brain Research

Volumn 1225, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-170

  Taddei Ferretti, C ^a,b   Radilova, J ^c   Musio, C ^a   Santillo, S ^a   Cibelli, E ^b   Cotugno, A ^a   Radil, T ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Filosofia   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ambiguous pattern; Multistable perception; Necker cube; Pattern shape; Subliminal stimulation; Voluntary control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VOLITION;

EID: 48349089924     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.064     Document Type: Article

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