The Normalization Model of Attention

Neuron

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-185

  Reynolds, John H ^a   Heeger, David J ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; THEORY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58549119195     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.01.002     Document Type: Review

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