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Review
. 2009 Nov 25;64(4):446-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.11.008.

Toward unmasking the dynamics of visual perception

Jedediah Singer  1 , Gabriel Kreiman
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Toward unmasking the dynamics of visual perception

Jedediah Singer et al. Neuron. .

Abstract

Fisch et al. report in this issue of Neuron the results of an investigation of the neural correlates of conscious perception. They find an early, dramatic, and long-lasting gamma response in high-level visual areas, when (and only when) a rapidly presented image is perceived.

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