Within-hemifield competition in early visual areas limits the ability to track multiple objects with attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 11526-11533

  Störmer, Viola S ^a   Alvarez, George A ^a   Cavanagh, Patrick ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

EEG SSVEP; Hemifield independence; Tracking; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE OBJECT TRACKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EEG/SSVEP; HEMIFIELD INDEPENDENCE; TRACKING; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906569338     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0980-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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