Attentional modulation of visual processing

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue , 2004, Pages 611-647

  Reynolds, John H ^a   Chelazzi, Leonardo ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast; Feedback; Limited capacity; Macaque; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONTRAST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOGRAM; HYPOTHESIS; LUMINANCE; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 3943082074     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.26.041002.131039     Document Type: Review

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