Dissociation between process-based and data-based limitations for conscious perception in the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 399-406

  Han, Suk Won ^a   Marois, René ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Consciousness; Data limit; FMRI; Process limit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867481975     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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