Control of eye movements and spatial attention. Export

@article{citeulike:92902, abstract = {Several lines of evidence suggest that planning eye movements and directing visuospatial attention share overlapping brain mechanisms. This study tested whether spatial attention can be enhanced by altering oculomotor signals within the brain. Monkeys performed a spatial attention task while neurons within the frontal eye field, an oculomotor area within prefrontal cortex, were electrically stimulated below the level at which eye movements are evoked. We found that we could improve the monkey's performance with microstimulation when, but only when, the object to be attended was positioned in the space represented by the cortical stimulation site.}, address = {Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1010, USA. tirin@princeton.edu}, author = {Moore, T. and Fallah, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {92902}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.021549498}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/98/3/1273.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/98/3/1273.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11158629}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11158629}, day = {30}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.021549498}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, keywords = {fef}, month = {January}, number = {3}, pages = {1273--1276}, posted-at = {2009-05-06 07:51:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Control of eye movements and spatial attention.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.021549498}, volume = {98}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:92902 L3 - citeulike-article-id:92902 N2 - Several lines of evidence suggest that planning eye movements and directing visuospatial attention share overlapping brain mechanisms. This study tested whether spatial attention can be enhanced by altering oculomotor signals within the brain. Monkeys performed a spatial attention task while neurons within the frontal eye field, an oculomotor area within prefrontal cortex, were electrically stimulated below the level at which eye movements are evoked. We found that we could improve the monkey's performance with microstimulation when, but only when, the object to be attended was positioned in the space represented by the cortical stimulation site. IS - 3 JF - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A SN - 0027-8424 AD - Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1010, USA. tirin@princeton.edu EP - 1276 TI - Control of eye movements and spatial attention. VL - 98 SP - 1273 KW - fef AU - Moore, T AU - Fallah, M PY - 2001/01/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.021549498 ER -