Impairments of Gestalt perception in the intact hemifield of hemianopic patients are reflected in gamma-band EEG activity

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 556-568

  Schadow, Jeanette ^a   Dettler, Nicole ^a   Paramei, Galina V ^a,b   Lenz, Daniel ^a   Fründ, Ingo ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a   Herrmann, Christoph S ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERPs; Gamma band oscillations; Grouping; Impaired contour integration

Indexed keywords

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 58849099908     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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