Subcortical modulation of attention counters change blindness

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 11236-11243

  Cavanaugh, James ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Change blindness; Motion; Saccades; Stimulation; Superior colliculus; Visual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 10644296347     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3724-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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