"Binaural rivalry": Dichotic listening as a tool for the investigation of the neural correlate of consciousness

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-224

  Brancucci, Alfredo ^a   Tommasi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Bi and multistable percepts; Dichoptic stimulation; Dichotic listening; Neural correlate of consciousness (NCC); Neuroimaging; Perceptual rivalry; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICHOTIC LISTENING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955974992     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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