Selective representation of task-relevant objects and locations in the monkey prefrontal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2197-2214

  Everling, Stefan ^a,b,c   Tinsley, Chris J ^a,b,d   Gaffan, David ^b   Duncan, John ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Electrophysiology; Macaca mulatta; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645970183     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04736.x     Document Type: Article

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