Goal-directed attention alters the tuning of object-based representations in extrastriate cortex

Humans survive in environments that contain a vast quantity and variety of visual information. All items of perceived visual information must be represented within a limited number of brain networks. The human brain requires mechanisms for selecting only a relevant fraction of perceived information...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Anthony J.-W. Chen, Michael eBritton, Gary R. Turner, Jason eVytlacil, Todd W Thompson, Mark eD'Esposito
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Subjects:	Prefrontal Cortex visual attention working memory functional MRI selective attention Pattern Classification
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00187/full