Is attentional blink a byproduct of neocortical attractors?

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Silverstein, David N ^a,b   Lansner, Anders ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional blink; Attractor networks; Cortical dynamics; Hodgkin Huxley model; Neocortex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELLS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINKS; ATTRACTOR NETWORKS; HODGKIN-HUXLEY MODELS; NEOCORTEX;

CYTOLOGY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84959490431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2011.00013     Document Type: Article

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