The insula mediates access to awareness of visual stimuli presented synchronously to the heartbeat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 5115-5127

  Salomon, Roy ^a   Ronchi, Roberta ^a   Dönz, Jonathan ^a   Bello Ruiz, Javier ^a   Herbelin, Bruno ^a   Martet, Remi ^a   Faivre, Nathan ^a   Schaller, Karl ^b   Blanke, Olaf ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous flash suppression; High resolution fMRI; Insula; Interoception; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWDING (VISION); DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INSULA; INTEROCEPTION; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; SELF CONCEPT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTEROCEPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965043728     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4262-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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