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Cortical circuits for the control of attention.

Current opinion in neurobiology ·Vol. 23 ·No. 2 ·2013-04-00 ·Pages 216-22

Miller EK, Buschman TJ

Abstract

How are some thoughts favored over others? A wealth of data at the level of single neurons has yielded candidate brain areas and mechanisms for our best-understood model: visual attention. Recent work has naturally evolved toward efforts at a more integrative, network, understanding. It suggests that focusing attention arises from interactions between widespread cortical and subcortical networks that may be regulated via their rhythmic synchronization.

MeSH Terms
Attention/physiology Cerebral Cortex/cytology,physiology Computer Simulation Cortical Synchronization Humans Models, Neurological Nerve Net/physiology Neurons/physiology
Authors & Affiliations
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Miller Earl K
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States. [email protected]
Buschman Timothy J
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Article Info
Journal
Current opinion in neurobiology
Abbr.
Curr Opin Neurobiol
ISSN
1873-6882
DOI
10.1016/j.conb.2012.11.011
Email
[email protected]
Published
2013-04-00
Epub
2012-00-22
Pages
216-22
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
9111376
PMCID
PMC3709832
Subset
IM
Grants
NIMH NIH HHS · R01 MH091174 · United States
NIMH NIH HHS · R37 MH087027 · United States
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.11.011 PMC Full Text View journal details
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