Affective and motivational control of vision

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-35

  Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

attention; emotion; motivation; reward; vision

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; REWARD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; BINOCULAR VISION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; REWARD; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84920872332     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000159     Document Type: Review

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