Slow fluctuations in attentional control of sensory cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-470

  Kam, Julia W Y ^a   Dao, Elizabeth ^a   Farley, James ^a   Fitzpatrick, Kevin ^a   Smallwood, Jonathan ^b   Schooler, Jonathan W ^b   Handy, Todd C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 78650083056     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2010.21443     Document Type: Article

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