Orientation sensitivity of the N1 evoked by letters and digits

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Milivojevic, Branka ^a,b   Corballis, Michael C ^a   Hamm, Jeff P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digits; EEG; ERP; Letters; N1; Object orientation; P1; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION TEST; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149522490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.10.11     Document Type: Article

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