Neuronal Modulations in Visual Cortex Are Associated with Only One of Multiple Components of Attention

Neuron

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1182-1188

  Luo, Thomas Zhihao ^a,b   Maunsell, John H R ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84930532687     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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