Modulation of early cortical processing during divided attention to non-contiguous locations

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1499-1507

  Frey, Hans Peter ^a   Schmid, Anita M ^b   Murphy, Jeremy W ^a   Molholm, Sophie ^a,c   Lalor, Edmund C ^d   Foxe, John J ^a,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alpha band oscillations; EEG; Event related potential; Spatial attention; Spotlight; Visual evoked potential (VEP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899908091     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12523     Document Type: Article

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