Novelty is not enough: Laser-evoked potentials are determined by stimulus saliency, not absolute novelty

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 692-701

  Ronga, I ^a,b   Valentini, E ^a,c   Mouraux, A ^d   Iannetti, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Habituation; Pain; Stimulus intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; LASER EVOKED POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STIMULUS;

ADULT; BRAIN WAVES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873391134     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00464.2012     Document Type: Article

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