Visual attention: Bottom-up versus top-down

Charles E. Connor; Howard E. Egeth; Steven Yantis

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.041

Visual attention: Bottom-up versus top-down

Charles E. Connor, Howard E. Egeth, Steven Yantis

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Abstract

Visual attention is attracted by salient stimuli that 'pop out' from their surroundings. Attention can also be voluntarily directed to objects of current importance to the observer. What happens in the brain when these two processes interact?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R850-R852
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.041
State	Published - Oct 5 2004

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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