A hierarchical neural system with attentional top-down enhancement of the spatial resolution for object recognition

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2845-2859

  Deco, Gustavo ^a   Schürmann, Bernd ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neural system; Spatial resolution; Top down enhancement

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0342656632     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00140-1     Document Type: Article

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