The role of a midbrain network in competitive stimulus selection

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-660

  Mysore, Shreesh P ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAZE; ISTHMIC ORGANIZER; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79957632314     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.05.024     Document Type: Review

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