The role of alpha oscillations for illusory perception

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 271, Issue , 2014, Pages 294-301

  Lange, Joachim ^a   Keil, Julian ^b   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a   van Dijk, Hanneke ^a   Weisz, Nathan ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory; EEG; Excitability; MEG; Multisensory; Visual

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANDAUDITORY ILLUSION; AUDIOVISUAL ILLUSION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MULTISENSORY ILLUSION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; VISUOTACTILE ILLUSION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903690678     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.015     Document Type: Review

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