Does visual flicker phase at gamma frequency modulate neural signal propagation and stimulus selection?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Bauer, Markus ^a,b   Akam, Thomas ^a   Joseph, Sabine ^a,c   Freeman, Elliot ^d   Driver, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma frequency; Neural signal propagation; Visual flicker phase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; CROWDING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROWDING; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861116541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.4.5     Document Type: Article

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