Discrete object representation, attention switching, and task difficulty in the parietal lobe

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-47

  Cusack, Rhodri ^a   Mitchell, Daniel J ^a   Duncan, John ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION SWITCHING; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MEMORY; MONITORING; OBJECT REPRESENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 73249127545     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21194     Document Type: Article

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