Perceptual echoes at 10 Hz in the human brain

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 995-999

  Vanrullen, Rufin ^a,b   MacDonald, James S P ^c  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861862896     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.050     Document Type: Article

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