The representation of spatial attention in human parietal cortex dynamically modulates with performance

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1272-1280

  Huddleston, Wendy E ^a,b   DeYoe, Edgar A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449169773     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm158     Document Type: Article

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