| Attention and
the parietal cortex |
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| • | Parietal neurons
respond to salient objects |
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| in the visual
field, not all objects. |
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| • | Objects can be
made salient from bottom- |
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| up or top down
criteria. |
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| • | Parietal neurons
respond more intensely |
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| to attended
objects than to unattended |
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| objects. |
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| • | Patients with
right parietal lesions neglect |
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| the left half of
objects and space. |
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