Oscillatory recruitment of bilateral visual cortex during spatial attention to competing rhythmic inputs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5489-5503

  Gray, Michael J ^a,b   Frey, Hans Peter ^a   Wilson, Tommy J ^a   Foxe, John J ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Biased competition; Delta band; Entrainment; Harmonics; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929347110     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2891-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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