Cross-modal attention enhances perceived contrast

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 22039-22040

  Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRIGHTNESS; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENT; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUMINANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA IMAGE; SCALP; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 76049108794     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913322107     Document Type: Note

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