Tactile stimulation accelerates behavioral responses to visual stimuli through enhancement of occipital gamma-band activity

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 931-942

  Bauer, Markus ^a,b   Oostenveld, Robert ^a   Fries, Pascal ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross modal; Gamma band activity; Gamma band synchronization; MED; Multisensory; Rhythm; Rhythmic activity; Rhythmic synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049154073     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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