Attentional modulation in visual cortex is modified during perceptual learning

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3898-3907

  Bartolucci, Marco ^a   Smith, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional modulation; FMRI; Visual learning; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855204920     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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