Alpha waves: A neural signature of visual suppression

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Toscani, Matteo ^a   Marzi, Tessa ^b   Righi, Stefania ^b   Viggiano, Maria Pia ^b   Baldassi, Stefano ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Attention; EEG; Visual suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SUPPRESSION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549256705     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2444-7     Document Type: Article

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