Differential cortical processing of local and global motion information in biological motion: An event-related potential study

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Hirai, Masahiro ^a,b   Kakigi, Ryusuke ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation paradigm; Biological motion; Event related potential; Human; Motion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 58049127295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.16.2     Document Type: Article

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