The neural correlates of crowding-induced changes in appearance

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1199-1206

  Anderson, Elaine J ^a,b,c   Dakin, Steven C ^a   Schwarzkopf, D Samuel ^b,c   Rees, Geraint ^b,c   Greenwood, John A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863723178     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.04.063     Document Type: Article

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