Neurophysiological evidence for categorical perception of color

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 426-434

  Holmes, Amanda ^a   Franklin, Anna ^b   Clifford, Alexandra ^b   Davies, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Color; Event related potentials; Visual oddball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349115153     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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