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Visual Attention: The Thalamus at the Centre?

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 19; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.011

1879-0445

Geraint Rees,

Retinal Development and Disorders

New work shows that spatial attention modulates visual responses of single neurons in monkey thalamus, providing empirical support for a long-standing theoretical prediction that specific thalamic nuclei play a key role in controlling the spotlight of visual attention.