Subcortical mechanisms of feature-based attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8643-8653

  Schneider, Keith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PULVINAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958278639     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6274-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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