Top-down modulation of lateral interactions in early vision: Does attention affect integration of the whole or just perception of the parts?

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 985-989

  Freeman, Elliot ^a   Driver, Jon ^a   Sagi, Dov ^b   Zhaoping, Li ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038188707     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00333-6     Document Type: Article

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