Attention enhances multi-voxel representation of novel objects in frontal, parietal and visual cortices

NeuroImage

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 429-437

  Woolgar, Alexandra ^a,b   Williams, Mark A ^a,b   Rich, Anina N ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; FMRI; Frontoparietal; Multi voxel coding; Pattern analysis; Visual objects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTAL LOBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923045298     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.083     Document Type: Article

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