The attentional blink modulates activity in the early visual cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-206

  Hein, Grit ^a,b,c   Alink, Arjen ^b,d   Kleinschmidt, Andreas ^e,f   Müller, Notger G ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTIONAL BLINK; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149522604     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21026     Document Type: Article

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