Effects of spatial attention on contrast response functions in macaque area V4

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-54

  Williford, Tori ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33745744524     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01207.2005     Document Type: Article

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