Dissociation of summation and peak latencies in visual processing: An MEG study on stimulus eccentricity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 483, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Zhou, Bin ^a,b   Bao, Yan ^a,b   Sander, Tilmann ^c   Trahms, Lutz ^c   Pöppel, Ernst ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical magnification; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Processing latency; Stimulus eccentricity

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956183107     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.070     Document Type: Article

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