Visual attention and cortical circuits

摘要: The neurobiology and psychology of attention have much to learn from each other. Neurobiologists recognize that responses in sensory cortex depend on the behavioral relevance a stimulus, but few ways study how perception changes as result. Psychologists conceptual methodological tools do just that, are confounded by multiple interpretations theoretical ambiguities. This book attempts bridge two fields derive comprehensive theory both neurobiological psychological data. It highlights situations where can be seen alter neural activity psychophysical performance/phenomenal experience. "bicultural" approach contributes not only research larger goal linking conscious focuses mainly effects visual ventral dorsal streams humans monkeys associated performance. Several findings emerge: may involve more than one system; modulates all stages cortical processing; effect is constrained intrinsic connectivity resulting contextual interactions; notion "saliency map" remains central thinking about attention. also considers several approaches evaluating same variable through different methods, such measurements, functional imaging, single-unit recording. Contributors: Narcisse P. Bichot, Erik Blaser, Geoffrey M. Boynton, Jochen Braun, Maurizio Corbetta, Sean Culhane, Florin Cutzu, Sophie Deneve, Robert Desimone, John Duncan, Sunil Gandhi, Charles D. Gilbert, David J. Heeger, James W. Holsapple, Alexander C. Huk, Minami Ito, Laurent Itti, Christof Koch, Peter E. Latham, Nilli Lavie, Kathleen Lee, Zhong-Lin Lu, H.R. Maunsell, Carrie McAdams, Brad Motter, Alexandre Pouget, Adam Reeves, H. Reynolds, Jeffrey Schall, Christian Scheier, Shinsuke Shimojo, Gordon L. Shulman, George Sperling, Kirk G. Thompson, K. Tsotsos, Katsumi Watanabe, Erich Weichselgartner, Gerald Westheimer.