Attention alters spatial integration in macaque V1 in an eccentricity-dependent manner

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1483-1491

  Roberts, Mark ^a,b   Delicato, Louise S ^a   Herrero, Jose ^a   Gieselmann, Mark A ^a   Thiele, Alexander ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 35548993757     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1967     Document Type: Article

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