Dissecting Modulatory Effects of Visual Attention in Primate Lateral Prefrontal Cortex Using Signal Detection Theory

Neuron. 2018 Mar 21;97(6):1208-1210. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.012.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Luo and Maunsell (2018) use signal detection theory to demonstrate that the modulatory effects of attention on neuronal responses in the lateral prefrontal cortex during change detection can be due to changes in an observer's sensitivity or shifts in their response criterion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Attention
  • Neurons
  • Prefrontal Cortex*
  • Primates
  • Signal Detection, Psychological*