Investigations of human EEG response to viewing fractal patterns

Perception

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1488-1494

  Hagerhall, Caroline M ^a,b   Laike, Thorbjörn ^c   Taylor, Richard P ^d,e   Küller, Marianne ^c   Küller, Rikard ^c   Martin, Theodore P ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 55249115115     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5918     Document Type: Article

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