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When Attention Wanders: How Uncontrolled Fluctuations in Attention Affect Performance

Marlene R. Cohen and John H. R. Maunsell
Journal of Neuroscience 2 November 2011, 31 (44) 15802-15806; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3063-11.2011
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https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3063-11.2011
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22049423
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History 
  • Received June 16, 2011
  • Revision received September 1, 2011
  • Accepted September 12, 2011
  • First published November 2, 2011.
  • Version of record published November 2, 2011.
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  1. Marlene R. Cohen and
  2. John H. R. Maunsell
  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology, Boston, Massachusetts 02155
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  1. Author contributions: M.R.C. and J.H.R.M. designed research; M.R.C. performed research; M.R.C. analyzed data; M.R.C. and J.H.R.M. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

    • Received June 16, 2011.
    • Revision received September 1, 2011.
    • Accepted September 12, 2011.
  • This work was supported by HHMI and NIH Grants K99 EY020844-01 (M.R.C) and R01EY005911 (J.H.R.M.). We thank Mark Histed, Amy Ni, and Douglas Ruff for helpful discussions and comments on an earlier version of the manuscript.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Marlene R. Cohen, A210 Langley Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. cohenm{at}pitt.edu

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