Split of spatial attention as predicted by a systems-level model of visual attention

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2035-2045

  Zirnsak, Marc ^a   Beuth, Frederik ^b   Hamker, Fred H ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frontal eye field; Split of attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPLIT OF SPATIAL ATTENTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL SEARCH; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958037337     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07718.x     Document Type: Article

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