Distinguishing subcortical and cortical influences in visual attention: Subcortical attentional processing

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 364-371

  Zackon, David H ^a,e   Casson, Evanne J ^a   Stelmach, Lew ^b   Faubert, Jocelyn ^c   Racette, Lyne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

motion induction; parietal lobe; superior colliculus; visual attention; visual pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN CORTEX; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONOCULAR VISION; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031045649     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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