Attentional load and sensory competition in human vision: Modulation of fMRI responses by load at fixation during task-irrelevant stimulation in the peripheral visual field

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 770-786

  Schwartz, Sophie ^a,b,e   Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a   Hutton, Chloe ^c   Maravita, Angelo ^b,d   Dolan, Raymond J ^c   Driver, Jon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e University Medical Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 18844392856     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh178     Document Type: Article

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