Temporal sequence of attentional modulation in the lateral intraparietal area and middle temporal area during rapid covert shifts of attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3287-3296

  Herrington, Todd M ^a   Assad, John A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77749336693     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6025-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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