15 Feb 2016
February 15, 2016

The Primary Visual Cortex Is Differentially Modulated by Stimulus-Driven and Top-Down Attention

Neuroscience

Increases in beta power associated with top-down attention.  Beta seemed unite visual cortex.  There was a more homogeneous pattern of beta correlation across the cortex during top-down vs bottom-up attention.

Bekisz, M., Bogdan, W., Ghazaryan, A., Waleszczyk, W. J., Kublik, E., & Wróbel, A. (2016). The Primary Visual Cortex Is Differentially Modulated by Stimulus-Driven and Top-Down Attention. PloS one, 11(1), e0145379.

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The Miller Lab uses experimental and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of the high-level cognitive functions that underlie complex goal-directed behavior. ekmillerlab.mit.edu