Selective processing of multiple features in the human brain: Effects of feature type and salience

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  McGinnis, E Menton ^a   Keil, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COLOR; EVOKED RESPONSE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COLOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951789086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016824     Document Type: Article

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