Neural Mechanisms of Attention

Abstract

Assessment of attention in animals provides information about the neural mechanisms involved in attention, which can help develop computational and cognitive models that describe in detail the systematic steps mediating different types of attention. In order to increase the applicability of the results from these experiments to those of humans, the behavioral testing procedures have been designed to be as similar as possible to those used for humans. The initial behavioral experiments indicate strong operational and psychological validity of these tests of attention, providing the opportunity to pursue the neural mechanisms in the subsequent funding period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA235003

Entities

People

  • David Olton
  • Howard Egeth

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Body Weight
  • Brain
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Information Processing
  • Intervals
  • Measurement
  • Neurosciences
  • Positron Emission Tomography
  • Positron Emissions
  • Probability
  • Reaction Time
  • Signal Detection

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Systems Analysis and Design