Turning on the spotlight: Do attention and luminance contrast affect neuronal responses in the same way?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 48, 2007, Pages 13043-13044

  Proulx, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Experimental Psychology II   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL STUDY; EYE FIXATION; LUMINANCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 36849070403     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4378-07.2007     Document Type: Note

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