Neural correlates of spontaneous percept switches in ambiguous stimuli: An event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2325-2332

  Ilg, Rüdiger ^a   Wohlschläger, Afra M ^a,b   Burazanis, Stefan ^a   Wöller, Andreas ^a,b   Nunnemann, Sabine ^a,b   Mühlau, Mark ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguous stimuli; Apparent motion; fMRI; Neural process; Spontaneous percept switch; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPONTANEOUS PERCEPT SWITCH; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56749163476     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06520.x     Document Type: Article

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