The role of parietal cortex during sustained visual spatial attention

Brain Research

Volumn 1302, Issue , 2009, Pages 157-166

  Thakral, Preston P ^a   Slotnick, Scott D ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; fMRI; MT+; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 71849094323     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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