Oscillatory sensory selection mechanisms during intersensory attention to rhythmic auditory and visual inputs: A human electrocorticographic investigation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 18556-18567

  Gomez Ramirez, Manuel ^a,b   Kelly, Simon P ^a,b   Molholm, Sophie ^a,b,d   Sehatpour, Pejman ^a   Schwartz, Theodore H ^c   Foxe, John J ^a,b,d  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 83455247276     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2164-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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