Long-range neural coupling through synchronization with attention

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-45

  Gregoriou, Georgia G ^a   Gotts, Stephen J ^b   Zhou, Huihui ^c   Desimone, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

area V4; attention; frontal eye field; lateral intraparietal area; synchrony; top down

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; FEEDBACK; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 69449100180     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17603-3     Document Type: Review

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