Spatial representations as an emergent feature of perceptual processing: Evidence from human electrophysiology

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-172

  Wascher, Edmund ^a   Beste, C ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biased competition; ERP; Human; N1; N2pc; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 78650977716     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000007     Document Type: Article

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