Binocular rivalry: Frontal activity relates to introspection and action but not to perception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1738-1747

  Frässle, Stefan ^a   Sommer, Jens ^a   Jansen, Andreas ^a   Naber, Marnix ^a,b,c,d   Einhäuser, Wolfgang ^a,e  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893128879     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4403-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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