Attentional modulation of binocular rivalry

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Paffen, Chris L E ^a   Alais, David ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; PARIETAL LOBE; RETINA RIVALRY; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84933670539     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00105     Document Type: Review

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