Seeing without knowing: Neural signatures of perceptual inference in the absence of report

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 955-969

  Vandenbroucke, Annelinde R E ^a   Fahrenfort, Johannes J ^b   Sligte, Ilja G ^a,c   Lamme, Victor A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897419460     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00530     Document Type: Article

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