Spatial attention increases high-frequency gamma synchronisation in human medial visual cortex

NeuroImage

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 295-303

  Koelewijn, Loes ^a,b   Rich, Anina N ^b   Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Singh, Krish D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Early visual cortex; Gamma oscillations; MEG; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SYNCHRONISATION; GRATING; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RETINA FOVEA; SPATIAL ATTENTION; STRIATE CORTEX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878363842     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.108     Document Type: Article

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