A Feedback Model of Visual Attention

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-237

  Spratling, M W ^a   Johnson, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542349299     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904322984526     Document Type: Article

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