Focused Attention Modulates Visual Responses in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 855-862

  DeSouza, Joseph F X ^a   Everling, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0842284624     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00273.2003     Document Type: Article

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