Necker cube: Stimulus-related (low-level) and percept-related (high-level) EEG signatures early in occipital cortex

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Kornmeier, Jürgen ^a,b   Pfäffle, Miriam ^c   Bach, Michael ^b  

^a Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambiguous figures; Electrophysiology; Evoked potentials; Multistable perception; Necker cube; Reversal positivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL ILLUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054695120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.9.12     Document Type: Article

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