Visual attention: bottom-up versus top-down

Charles E Connor; Howard E Egeth; Steven Yantis

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.041

Visual attention: bottom-up versus top-down

Curr Biol. 2004 Oct 5;14(19):R850-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.041.

Authors

Charles E Connor¹, Howard E Egeth, Steven Yantis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience and Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. connor@jhu.edu

PMID: 15458666
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.041

Abstract

Visual attention is attracted by salient stimuli that 'pop out' from their surroundings. Attention can also be voluntarily directed to objects of current importance to the observer. What happens in the brain when these two processes interact?

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Attention / physiology*
Color Perception
Humans
Models, Psychological*
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Time Factors
Visual Fields / physiology
Visual Pathways / physiology*
Visual Perception / physiology*