Unconscious Priming Requires Early Visual Cortex at Specific Temporal Phases of Processing

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1493-1503

  Persuh, Marjan ^a   Ro, Tony ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880778886     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00423     Document Type: Article

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