Variability of perceptual multistability: From brain state to individual trait

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1591, 2012, Pages 988-1000

  Kleinschmidt, Andreas ^a,b,c   Sterzer, Philipp ^d   Rees, Geraint ^e,f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Ongoing brain activity; Perceptual awareness; Predictive coding; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MORPHOMETRY; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; RESONANCE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84857591668     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0367     Document Type: Review

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