Attentional selection of relative SF mediates global versus local processing: Evidence from EEG

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Flevaris, Anastasia V ^a,b   Bentin, Shlomo ^c   Robertson, Lynn C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha reduction; Global versus local processing; Hemispheric asymmetry; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; VISION;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054032592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.7.1     Document Type: Article

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