Frontal eye field: A cortical salience map

Authors
Thompson, KG Bichot, NP
Citation
Kg. Thompson et Np. Bichot, Frontal eye field: A cortical salience map, BEHAV BRAIN, 22(4), 1999, pp. 699
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(199908)22:4<699:FEFACS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The concept of a salience map has become important for the development of t heories of visual attention and saccade generation. Recent studies have sho wn that the frontal eye fields have all of the characteristics of a salienc e map.