Parietal cortex mediates voluntary control of spatial and nonspatial auditory attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 435-439

  Shomstein, Sarah ^a,b   Yantis, Steven ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Auditory; Auditory attention; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Posterior parietal cortex (PPC); Superior parietal lobule (SPL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 32544449602     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4408-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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