Spatial attention can bias search in visual short-term memory

Whereas top-down attentional control is known to bias perceptual functions at many levels of stimulus analysis, its possible influence over memory-related functions remains uncharted. Our experiment combined behavioral measures and event-related potentials (ERPs) to test the ability of spatial orien...

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Main Authors: Anna C Nobre, Ivan C Griffin, Anling Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2008-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.09.004.2007/full