Context-dependent brightness priming occurs without visual awareness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Persuh, Marjan ^a,b   Ro, Tony ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Lightness; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRIGHTNESS; CONTEXT DEPENDENT BRIGHTNESS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISIBILITY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857502363     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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