Neural basis of visual selective attention

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-407

  Chelazzi, Leonardo ^a,b   Della Libera, Chiara ^a,b   Sani, Ilaria ^a,b   Santandrea, Elisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

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EID: 79961245331     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.117     Document Type: Review

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