Steinman S B, Steinman B A
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Optom Vis Sci. 1998 Feb;75(2):146-55. doi: 10.1097/00006324-199802000-00018.
Visual attention has been defined by different researchers and clinicians in a variety of ways that are sometimes conflicting or confusing. This paper will provide a unified definition of visual attention, as well as a putative neurophysiological mechanism that is consistent with this unified definition. In addition, recent data on the mechanisms of visual attention will be presented, including its spatial organization and temporal dependencies, as well as the role of parallel visual pathways in its activation.
