Human observers have optimal introspective access to perceptual processes even for visually masked stimuli

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue OCTOBER2015, 2015, Pages

  Peters, Megan A K ^a   Lau, Hakwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTROSPECTION; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958150873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.09651     Document Type: Article

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