Neural Mechanisms of Attention
Abstract
This project attained its objectives of developing an animal model to examine the neural mechanisms of attention. The concepts and procedures were successfully produced and resulted in two publications describing the experimental strategy and the results. The last part of the project examined the role of the basal forebrain cholinergic system and its projections to the frontal cortex. This system is important for attention as assessed in the two- choice reaction time task. These results have implications for behavioral, cognitive, and neural descriptions of the mechanisms involved in attention.... Attention, Frontal cortex, Divided attention, Cholinergic system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA264345
Entities
People
- David S. Olton
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University