Attention protects the fidelity of visual memory: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 13461-13471

  Huang, Jie ^a   Sekuler, Robert ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STIMULUS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957744371     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2560-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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