Unconscious processing under interocular suppression: Getting the right measure

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Stein, Timo ^a   Sterzer, Philipp ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous flash suppression; Interocular suppression; Process dissociation; Unconscious processing; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904467164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00387     Document Type: Article

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