Increased activity in human visual cortex during directed attention in the absence of visual stimulation

Neuron

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 751-761

  Kastner, Sabine ^a   Pinsk, Mark A ^a   De Weerd, Peter ^a   Desimone, Robert ^a   Ungerleider, Leslie G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033119325     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80734-5     Document Type: Article

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