Perception of illusory contours forms intermodulation responses of steady state visual evoked potentials as a neural signature of spatial integration

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-60

  Gundlach, Christopher ^a   Müller, Matthias M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filling in; Grouping; Human visual cortex; Illusory contours; Intermodulation frequency; Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSORY CONTOUR PERCEPTION; INTERMODULATION FREQUENCY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL INTEGRATION; STEADY STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

FILLING-IN; GROUPING; HUMAN VISUAL CORTEX; ILLUSORY CONTOURS; INTERMODULATION FREQUENCY; STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL (SSVEP);

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878693825     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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