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Mechanisms of Visual Attention in the Human Cortex
Abstract
A typical scene contains many different objects that, because of the limited processing capacity of the visual system, compete for neural representation. The competition among multiple objects in visual cortex can be biased by both bottom-up sensory-driven mechanisms and top-down influences, such as selective attention. Functional brain imaging studies reveal that, both in the absence and in the presence of visual stimulation, biasing signals due to selective attention can modulate neural activity in visual cortex in several ways. Although the competition among stimuli for representation is ultimately resolved within visual cortex, the source of top-down biasing signals derives from a network of areas in frontal and parietal cortex.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ungerleider, S. K. A. L. G.
- Affiliations
- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892;,
- Venue
- Annual Review of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 315-341
- ISSN
- 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
- 1545-4126
- OpenAlex
- W2164364459
- Cited by
- 2,159
- References
- 184
- Citations by year
- 2026: 46 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 72 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 72 · 2019: 80 · 2018: 89 · 2017: 93 · 2016: 97 · 2015: 110 · 2014: 109 · 2013: 113 · 2012: 120
- FWCI
- 3.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- visual attention, selective attention, top-down modulation, bottom-up processing, visual cortex, neural competition, frontal cortex, parietal cortex, object representation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Attention, Humans, Memory, Visual Cortex, Visual Pathways, Visual Perception
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