A neutral cue facilitates detection of a visual target by modulating attention

Twelve rats were trained to perform a two-choice visual detection task in which a right or left light was presented and the animáis were required to press the lever located under the illuminated light for a food reward. In seventy percent of the triáis the target light was preceded by presentation o...

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Main Authors: CARLOS M HAMAME, PAÚL H DELANO, LUIS ROBLES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602008000400012