Temporal brain dynamics of multiple object processing: The flexibility of individuation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mazza, Veronica ^a   Caramazza, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE OBJECT INVIDUATION; MULTIPLE OBJECT PROCESSING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952215576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017453     Document Type: Article

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