In and out of consciousness: Sustained electrophysiological activity reflects individual differences in perceptual awareness

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-435

  Pun, Carson ^a   Emrich, Stephen M ^b   Wilson, Kristin E ^a   Stergiopoulos, Erene ^a   Ferber, Susanne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Event related potentials; Visual awareness; Visual perception; Visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860859769     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0220-3     Document Type: Article

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