Cortical circuits for the control of attention

Earl K. Miller, Timothy J. Buschman

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)216-222
Number of pages7
JournalCurrent Opinion in Neurobiology
Volume23
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Neuroscience

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