The role of attention in visual processing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1424, 2002, Pages 1063-1072

  Maunsell, John H R ^a   Cook, Erik P ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Macaque monkey; Performance; Single unit; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

VISION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; MACACA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037194552     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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