Changing the spatial scope of attention alters patterns of neural gain in human cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-123

  Itthipuripat, Sirawaj ^a   Garcia, Javier O ^b   Rungratsameetaweemana, Nuttida ^c   Sprague, Thomas C ^a   Serences, John T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891473000     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3943-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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