New Directions in Mental-Imagery Research: The Binocular-Rivalry Technique and Decoding fMRI Patterns

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 178-183

  Pearson, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

binocular rivalry; fMRI decoding; mental imagery; the binocular rivalry technique; visual working memory; voluntary imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901756217     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414532287     Document Type: Article

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