Intercepting the first pass: Rapid categorization is suppressed for unseen stimuli

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Kaunitz, Lisandro Nicolas ^a   Kamienkowski, Juan Esteban ^b   Olivetti, Emanuele ^a,c   Murphy, Brian ^a   Avesani, Paolo ^a,c   Melcher, David Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous flash suppression; EEG; Rapid categorization; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860691840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00198     Document Type: Article

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