Temporal expectation enhances contrast sensitivity by phase entrainment of low-frequency oscillations in visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4002-4010

  Cravo, André M ^a,b   Rohenkohl, Gustavo ^a,c   Wyart, Valentin ^a,c,d   Nobre, Anna C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874586645     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4675-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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