Does modulation of selective attention to features reflect enhancement or suppression of neural activity?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-407

  Daffner, Kirk R ^a   Zhuravleva, Tatyana Y ^a   Sun, Xue ^a   Tarbi, Elise C ^a   Haring, Anna E ^a   Rentz, Dorene M ^a   Holcomb, Phillip J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; Neural enhancement; Neural suppression; Selection Negativity; Selection Positivity; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84862808991     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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