Distinct effects of attention on the neural responses to form and motion processing: A SSVEP source-imaging study

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Palomares, Melanie ^a   Ales, Justin M ^b,c   Wade, Alex R ^b,d   Cottereau, Benoit R ^b,c   Norcia, Anthony M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directed attention; Form coherence; Glass patterns; Global; Local; Motion coherence; Source imaging; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870157588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.10.15     Document Type: Article

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