A neuronal model of attentional spotlight: Parietal guiding the temporal

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-76

  Vidyasagar, Trichur Raman ^a  

^a Visual Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Dyslexia; Magnocellular pathway; Parietal stream; Temporal stream; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032814561     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00005-3     Document Type: Review

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