Dissecting visual awareness with fMRI

Neuroscientist

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 495-508

  Hesselmann, Guido ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

awareness; consciousness; fMRI; interocular suppression; vision

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BOLD SIGNAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FMRI; INTEROCULAR SUPPRESSION; VISION;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883668670     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413485988     Document Type: Review

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