Electrophysiological correlates of target eccentricity in texture segmentation

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-209

  Schaffer, Susann ^a   Schubö, Anna ^b   Meinecke, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early vision; ERP; Retinal eccentricity; Texture segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; VISION;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955726018     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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