Local category-specific gamma band responses in the visual cortex do not reflect conscious perception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 14909-14914

  Aru, Jaan ^a,b,c   Axmacher, Nikolai ^d,e   Do Lam, Anne T A ^d   Fell, Juergen ^d   Elger, Christian E ^d   Singer, Wolf ^a,b,c   Melloni, Lucia ^a,c,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^c ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^f Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867822676     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2051-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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