Ongoing EEG phase as a trial-by-trial predictor of perceptual and attentional variability

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  VanRullen, R ^a,b   Busch, N A ^c,d   Drewes, J ^a,b   Dubois, Julien ^a,b,e  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e California Institute of Technology HHMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; EEG; Ongoing; Oscillation; Perception; Phase; Pre stimulus; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859110415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00060     Document Type: Article

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