Visual spatial attention enhances the amplitude of positive and negative fMRI responses to visual stimulation in an eccentricity-dependent manner

Vision Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-112

  Bressler, David W ^a,b   Fortenbaugh, Francesca C ^b,c   Robertson, Lynn C ^b,c   Silver, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Eccentricity; FMRI; Retinotopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SPATIAL ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84886249120     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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