Attention Facilitates Multiple Stimulus Features in Parallel in Human Visual Cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1006-1009

  Andersen, Søren K ^a   Hillyard, Steven A ^b   Müller, Matthias M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 45849086874     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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