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Electrophysiology and behavior converge in human extrastriate cortex

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Muller and colleagues provide behavioral, physiological and neuroanatomical correlates of our ability to rapidly allocate attention to different regions of visual space.

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Figure 1: Steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) were recorded from electrodes centered over extrastriate cortex (red).

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