The selectivity of task-dependent attention varies with surrounding context

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 12180-12191

  Kim, Yee Joon ^a   Verghese, Preeti ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL AREA V3; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865492815     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5992-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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