On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Eunice ^a   Brascamp, Jan ^b   Kang, Min Suk ^c,d   Blake, Randolph ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Continuous flash suppression; Interocular suppression; Unconscious processing; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904728257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00724     Document Type: Review

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