fMRI correlates of object-based attentional facilitation versus suppression of irrelevant stimuli, dependent on global grouping and endogenous cueing.

Theories of object-based attention often make two assumptions: that attentional resources are facilitatory, and that they spread automatically within grouped objects. Consistent with this, ignored visual stimuli can be easier to process, or more distracting, when perceptually grouped with an attende...

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Main Authors: Elliot D Freeman, Emiliano eMacaluso, Geraint eRees, Jon eDriver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2014.00012/full