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Title: Oscillatory dynamics in the dorsal and ventral attention networks during the reorienting of attention
NSF-PAR ID:
10051165
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Human Brain Mapping
Volume:
39
Issue:
5
ISSN:
1065-9471
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2177 to 2190
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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