Spatial attention modulates initial afferent activity in human primary visual cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2629-2636

  Kelly, Simon P ^a,b   Gomez Ramirez, Manuel ^a,b   Foxe, John J ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

C1; ERP; Spatial attention; V1; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAINSTORMING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 46749090924     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn022     Document Type: Article

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