Deconstructing continuous flash suppression

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Yang, Eunice ^a,b   Blake, Randolph ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Continuous flash suppression; Interocular suppression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84860658151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.3.8     Document Type: Article

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