Perceptual experience modulates cortical circuits involved in visual awareness

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3718-3731

  De Jong, Maartje C ^a   Kourtzi, Zoe ^b   van Ee, Raymond ^a,c,d,e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambiguous stimuli; Binocular rivalry; Parietal cortex; Perceptual memory; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84871328598     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12005     Document Type: Article

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