Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 114, Issue 10 , Pages 1850-1865 , October 2003

An ERP study of the global precedence effect: the role of spatial frequency

  • Shihui Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86-10-6275-9138; fax: +86-10-6276-1081
    • ,
  • E.William Yund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis, VA Northern California Health Care System, 150 Muir Road, Martinez, CA 94553, USA
    • ,
  • David L Woods

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis, VA Northern California Health Care System, 150 Muir Road, Martinez, CA 94553, USA

,Accepted 27 May 2003.

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