A Feedback Model of Attention Explains the Diverse Effects of Attention on Neural Firing Rates and Receptive Field Structure

Thomas Miconi; Rufin VanRullen

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004770

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A Feedback Model of Attention Explains the Diverse Effects of Attention on Neural Firing Rates and Receptive Field Structure

Thomas Miconi ,

* E-mail: miconi@nsi.edu

Affiliations Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, Pavillon Baudot CHU Purpan, Toulouse Cedex, France, The Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Rufin VanRullen

Affiliation Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, Pavillon Baudot CHU Purpan, Toulouse Cedex, France
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A Feedback Model of Attention Explains the Diverse Effects of Attention on Neural Firing Rates and Receptive Field Structure

Thomas Miconi,
Rufin VanRullen

Published: February 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004770

About the Authors

Thomas Miconi

* E-mail: miconi@nsi.edu

Affiliations Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, Pavillon Baudot CHU Purpan, Toulouse Cedex, France, The Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Rufin VanRullen

Affiliation Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier, Pavillon Baudot CHU Purpan, Toulouse Cedex, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM. Performed the experiments: TM. Analyzed the data: TM RF. Wrote the paper: TM RF.

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