Abstract

The first aim is to examine whether attention operates through a gain control mechanism or through the sharpening of tuning curves.
The second aim i s to determine if there is a link between attentional modulation of neural activity and behavioral performance.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
2R01EY005911-13
Application #
2690736
Study Section
Visual Sciences B Study Section (VISB)
Project Start
1986-09-01
Project End
2003-08-31
Budget Start
1998-09-01
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
13
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Baylor College of Medicine
Department
Neurosciences
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
074615394
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030

  Publications

Luo, Thomas Zhihao; Maunsell, John H R (2018) Attentional Changes in Either Criterion or Sensitivity Are Associated with Robust Modulations in Lateral Prefrontal Cortex. Neuron 97:1382-1393.e7
Ni, Amy M; Maunsell, John H R (2017) Spatially tuned normalization explains attention modulation variance within neurons. J Neurophysiol 118:1903-1913
Verhoef, Bram-Ernst; Maunsell, John H R (2017) Attention-related changes in correlated neuronal activity arise from normalization mechanisms. Nat Neurosci 20:969-977
Mayo, J Patrick; Maunsell, John H R (2016) Graded Neuronal Modulations Related to Visual Spatial Attention. J Neurosci 36:5353-61
Verhoef, Bram-Ernst; Maunsell, John Hr (2016) Attention operates uniformly throughout the classical receptive field and the surround. Elife 5:
Luo, Thomas Zhihao; Maunsell, John H R (2015) Neuronal Modulations in Visual Cortex Are Associated with Only One of Multiple Components of Attention. Neuron 86:1182-8
Ray, Supratim; Maunsell, John H R (2015) Do gamma oscillations play a role in cerebral cortex? Trends Cogn Sci 19:78-85
Mayo, J Patrick; Cohen, Marlene R; Maunsell, John H R (2015) A Refined Neuronal Population Measure of Visual Attention. PLoS One 10:e0136570
Histed, Mark H; Ni, Amy M; Maunsell, John H R (2013) Insights into cortical mechanisms of behavior from microstimulation experiments. Prog Neurobiol 103:115-30
Glickfeld, Lindsey L; Histed, Mark H; Maunsell, John H R (2013) Mouse primary visual cortex is used to detect both orientation and contrast changes. J Neurosci 33:19416-22

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