Active ignoring in early visual cortex

Selective attention is critical for controlling the input to mental processes. Attentional mechanisms act not only to select relevant stimuli but also to exclude irrelevant stimuli. There is evidence that we can actively ignore irrelevant information. We measured neural activity relating to successf...

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Main Authors: Payne, Helen, Allen, Harriet A.
Format: Article
Published: MIT 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27755/