Unconscious and conscious processing of color rely on activity in early visual cortex: A TMS study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 819-829

  Railo, Henry ^a   Salminen Vaparanta, Niina ^a   Henriksson, Linda ^b   Revonsuo, Antti ^a,c   Koivisto, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONSCIOUS CHROMATIC PROCESSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUS CHROMATIC PROCESSING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857517203     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00172     Document Type: Article

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