Neural basis of feature-based contextual effects on visual search behavior

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Kelly ^a   Pare, Martin ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feature primin; Monkey; Salience map; Superior colliculus; Visual context

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84856954666     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00091     Document Type: Article

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