An oscillatory mechanism for prioritizing salient unattended stimuli

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 200-206

  Jensen, Ole ^a   Bonnefond, Mathilde ^a   VanRullen, Rufin ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ALPHA ACTIVITIES; GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATORY MECHANISMS; PERIODIC PULSE; PHASE LOCKED; TEMPORAL PHASE;

BIOLOGY;

ALPHA OSCILLATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BOLD SIGNAL; CODING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84859105572     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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