ERP evidence for the influence of scene context on the recognition of ambiguous and unambiguous objects

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-51

  Dyck, Melissa ^a   Brodeur, Mathieu B ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERPs; Object recognition; Scene context; Visual ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; N300; N400; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928397626     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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