Coherent illusory contours reduce microsaccade frequency

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2798-2801

  Makin, Alexis D J ^a,b   Ackerley, Rochelle ^a,c   Wild, Kelly ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a   Gowen, Emma ^a   El Deredy, Wael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EEG; Gamma band oscillations; Kanizsa triangles; Saccades; Spike Potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAMMA BAND OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROSACCADE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN WAVES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960178000     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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