Brief Communication Setting Boundaries: Brain Dynamics of Modal and Amodal Illusory Shape Completion in Humans
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Micah M. Murray,1,2 Deirdre M. Foxe,2 Daniel C. Javitt,2 and John J. Foxe2,3 1The Functional Electrical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Neuropsychology Division and Radiodiagnostic and Interventional Radiology Service, Vaudois Univerity Hospital Center, Nestlé Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, 2The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York 10962, and 3Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10462
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