Spatial and Cross-Modal Attention Alter Responses to Unattended Sensory Information in Early Visual and Auditory Human Cortex

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 2399 - 2413
• Main Authors: Ciaramitaro, Vivian M, Buracas, Giedrius T, Boynton, Geoffrey M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Am Phys Soc 01.10.2007
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Attention - physiology; Auditory Cortex - physiology; Cues; Discrimination, Psychological - physiology; Eye Movements - physiology; Female; Fixation, Ocular; Functional Laterality - physiology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Photic Stimulation; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Psychophysics; Space Perception - physiology; Visual Cortex - physiology

1 Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies; and 2 Department of Psychology and 3 Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California Submitted 22 May 2007; accepted in final form 17 August 2007 Attending to a vi...