Transient neural activity in human parietal cortex during spatial attention shifts

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 995-1002

  Yantis, Steven ^a,b   Schwarzbach, Jens ^a,c   Serences, John T ^a   Carlson, Robert L ^a,d   Steinmetz, Michael A ^a,b   Pekar, James J ^b,e   Courtney, Susan M ^a,b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036784926     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn921     Document Type: Article

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