Conscious access is linked to ongoing brain state: Electrophysiological evidence from the attentional blink

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2346-2353

  Pincham, Hannah L ^a   Szucs, Dénes ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attentional blink; consciousness; electroencephalography; prestimulus activity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CONSCIOUSNESS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861312997     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr314     Document Type: Article

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