Interactions of top-down and bottom-up mechanisms in human visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 587-597

  McMains, Stephanie ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651488804     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3766-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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