Attention increases sensitivity of V4 neurons

Neuron

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 703-714

  Reynolds, John H ^a   Pasternak, Tatiana ^b   Desimone, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EYE MOVEMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033681264     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81206-4     Document Type: Article

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