A neural theory of visual attention and short-term memory (NTVA)

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1446-1457

  Bundesen, Claus ^a   Habekost, Thomas ^a   Kyllingsbæk, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attention; TVA; Vision; VSTM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURAL THEORY OF VISUAL ATTENTION AND SHORT TERM MEMORY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955815900     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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