Attention as an effect not a cause

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 457-464

  Krauzlis, Richard J ^a   Bollimunta, Anil ^a   Arcizet, Fabrice ^a   Wang, Lupeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia; Decision making; Learning; Perception; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MECHANISMS; CLINICAL WORK; LEARNING; SENSORY AREAS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WEIGHTED INPUTS;

DECISION MAKING;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; DECISION MAKING; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEOCORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; THINKING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84906787196     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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