dc.contributor.author | Elliott, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Glennon, Mark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-27T11:06:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-03-27T11:06:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-01-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Elliott, M.A., Twomey, D., & Glennon, M. (2012) 'The Dynamics of Visual Experience, an EEG Study of Subjective Pattern Formation'. Plos One, 7 (1):1-16. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/2625 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Since the origin of psychological science a number of studies have reported visual pattern formation in the
absence of either physiological stimulation or direct visual-spatial references. Subjective patterns range from simple
phosphenes to complex patterns but are highly specific and reported reliably across studies.
Methodology/Principal Findings: Using independent-component analysis (ICA) we report a reduction in amplitude
variance consistent with subjective-pattern formation in ventral posterior areas of the electroencephalogram (EEG). The EEG
exhibits significantly increased power at delta/theta and gamma-frequencies (point and circle patterns) or a series of highfrequency
harmonics of a delta oscillation (spiral patterns).
Conclusions/Significance: Subjective-pattern formation may be described in a way entirely consistent with identical pattern
formation in fluids or granular flows. In this manner, we propose subjective-pattern structure to be represented within a
spatio-temporal lattice of harmonic oscillations which bind topographically organized visual-neuronal assemblies by virtue
of low frequency modulation. | en_US |
dc.format | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Plos One | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Visual pattern formation | en_US |
dc.title | The dynamics of visual experience, an EEG Study of subjective pattern formation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2012-03-23T16:25:12Z | |
dc.local.publishedsource | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030830 | en_US |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | peer-reviewed | |
dc.contributor.funder | |~| | |
dc.internal.rssid | 1286442 | |
dc.local.contact | Mark Elliott, Department Of Psychology, Nuig. 5345 Email: mark.elliott@nuigalway.ie | |
dc.local.copyrightchecked | Yes | |
dc.local.version | ACCEPTED | |
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