The neural correlates of volitional attention: A combined fMRI and ERP study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2443-2454

  Bengson, Jesse J ^a   A Kelley, Todd ^a,b   Mangun, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Decisions; EEG; ERPs; FMRI; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931956018     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22783     Document Type: Article

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