A model for the origin and properties of flicker-induced geometric phosphenes

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rule, Michael ^a   Stoffregen, Matthew ^b   Ermentrout, Bard ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY;

CORTEXES; EXPOSED TO; GEOMETRIC PATTERNS; LATERAL INHIBITION; PATTERN CHANGE; PERIODIC STIMULI; PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ASPECTS; TEMPORAL-FREQUENCY; VISUAL FIELDS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLICKER PHOSPHENE; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLICKER FUSION; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 80053447029     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002158     Document Type: Article

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