Attentional enhancement of spatial resolution: Linking behavioural and neurophysiological evidence

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-200

  Anton Erxleben, Katharina ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875420327     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3443     Document Type: Review

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