Neural competition for conscious representation across time: An fMRI study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Slagter, Heleen A ^a,b   Johnstone, Tom ^b,c   Beets, Iseult A M ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956292888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010556     Document Type: Article

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