Neural responses to target features outside a search array are enhanced during conjunction but not unique-feature search

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3390-3401

  Painter, David R ^a   Dux, Paul E ^a   Travis, Susan L ^a   Mattingley, Jason B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feature based attention; Frequency tagging; Neural oscillations; Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP); Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

FEATURE-BASED ATTENTION; FREQUENCY TAGGING; NEURAL OSCILLATIONS; STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL (SSVEP); VISUAL SEARCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894502994     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3630-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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