Multisensory Integration: A Functional Role for Inter-Area Synchronization?

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Bauer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VISION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 49849087991     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.051     Document Type: Short Survey

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