Attention - Physiology
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Mental training enhances attentional stability: neural and behavioral evidence.

19 Oct 2009 The capacity to stabilize the content of attention over time varies among individuals, and its impairment is a hallmark of several mental illnesses. Impairments in sustained attention in patients with attention disorders have been associated with ... Read more...

Relationship between neural responses and visual grouping in the monkey parietal cortex.

19 Oct 2009 Visual grouping through the binding of multiple discrete elements is an important component of object perception, and neurological studies have shown that the posterior parietal cortex plays a vital role in that process. To study the neural ... Read more...

Gamma-band synchronization in the macaque hippocampus and memory formation.

5 Oct 2009 Increasing evidence suggests that neuronal synchronization in the gamma band (30-100 Hz) may play an important role in mediating cognitive processes. Gamma-band synchronization provides for the optimal temporal relationship between two signals to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Attention - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mental training enhances attentional stability: neural and behavioral evidence. 19 Oct 2009
• Relationship between neural responses and visual grouping in the monkey parietal cortex. 19 Oct 2009
• Gamma-band synchronization in the macaque hippocampus and memory formation. 5 Oct 2009
• Learning sculpts the spontaneous activity of the resting human brain. 3 Oct 2009
• Interactions between cognition and circadian rhythms: attentional demands modify circadian entrainment. 29 Sep 2009
• The role of the parietal lobe in visual extinction studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation. 29 Sep 2009
• Dopaminergic haplotype as a predictor of spatial inattention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 29 Sep 2009
• Right visual field advantage in parafoveal processing: evidence from eye-fixation-related potentials. 23 Sep 2009
• Spatial attention decorrelates intrinsic activity fluctuations in macaque area V4. 22 Sep 2009
• Cortical enlightenment: are attentional gamma oscillations driven by ING or PING? 22 Sep 2009
• Adaptive allocation of attentional gain. 21 Sep 2009
• Classical conditioning in the vegetative and minimally conscious state. 18 Sep 2009
• Cognitive deficits in the euthymic phase of unipolar depression. 16 Sep 2009
• Multisensory congruency as a mechanism for attentional control over perceptual selection. 14 Sep 2009
• Reaching in depth: hand position dominates over binocular eye position in the rostral superior parietal lobule. 14 Sep 2009
• [During sleep the brain becomes a building site] 8 Sep 2009
• Intention, action planning, and decision making in parietal-frontal circuits. 8 Sep 2009
• Positive schizotypy scores correlate with left visual field interference for negatively valenced emotional words: A lateralized emotional Stroop study. 7 Sep 2009
• Reward modulates attention independently of action value in posterior parietal cortex. 7 Sep 2009
• Visual recalibration of auditory spatial perception: two separate neural circuits for perceptual learning. 2 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Attention'

Definition: Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating.

Descriptor UI: D001288

Alternative terms: Attention; Attentions; Concentration; Concentrations;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.830.104.214;