Electrophysiological correlates of flicker-induced color hallucinations

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 266-276

  Becker, Cordula ^a,c   Gramann, Klaus ^b,c   Müller, Hermann J ^c   Elliott, Mark A ^c,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alpha band; EEG; Flicker; Gamma band; Hallucinatory color

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COLOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 62749106774     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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