Flicker-light induced visual phenomena: Frequency dependence and specificity of whole percepts and percept features

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1344-1362

  Allefeld, Carsten ^a   Pütz, Peter ^a   Kastner, Kristina ^a   Wackermann, Jiří ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flicker light; Frequency dependence; Frequency specificity; Ganzfeld; Phenomenology; Stroboscopic patterns; Visual hallucinations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLICKER LIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054869531     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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