The continuity illusion does not depend on attentional state: FMRI evidence from illusory vowels

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2675-2689

  Heinrich, Antje ^a,b   Carlyon, Robert P ^a   Davis, Matthew H ^a   Johnsrude, Ingrid S ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NOISE; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOISE; OXYGEN; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389545     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2011.21627     Document Type: Article

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