Phenomenology and neurophysiological correlations: Two approaches to perception research

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1507-1521

  Spillmann, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gestalt; Neurophysiological correlate; Phenomenology; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; CONTRAST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349175331     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.02.022     Document Type: Review

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