Competition in visual cortex impedes attention to multiple items

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-169

  Scalf, Paige E ^a   Beck, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPETITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849136068     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4207-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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