Directing attention to a location in space results in retinotopic activation in primary visual cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1222, Issue , 2008, Pages 184-191

  Munneke, Jaap ^a   Heslenfeld, Dirk J ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endogenous cueing; Event related fMRI; Human V1; Preparatory attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 46749111004     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.05.039     Document Type: Article

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