The effects of neural gain on attention and learning

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1146-1153

  Eldar, Eran ^a   Cohen, Jonathan D ^a   Niv, Yael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NETWORK LEARNING; NEURAL GAIN; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NOREPINEPHRINE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REWARD; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880911656     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3428     Document Type: Article

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