Reward-and attention-related biasing of sensory selection in visual cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1049-1065

  Buschschulte, Antje ^a   Boehler, Carsten N ^b   Strumpf, Hendrik ^a   Stoppel, Christian ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,c   Schoenfeld, Mircea A ^a,c   Hopf, Jens Max ^a,c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; REWARD; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REWARD; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897415563     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00539     Document Type: Article

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