Global interference during early visual processing: ERP evidence from a rapid global/local selective task

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Beaucousin, Virginie ^a   Simon, Grégory ^b   Cassotti, Mathieu ^b   Pineau, Arlette ^b   Houdé, Olivier ^b,c   Poirel, Nicolas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^b Administrateur de l Institut universitaire de France   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

ERP; Global interference effect; Global processing; Local processing; N1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885367514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00539     Document Type: Article

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