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Spatial attention and object-based attention use similar mechanisms

May 7, 2014 by

New research says that spatial attention and object-based attention are surprisingly similar and actually use similar mechanisms and related brain regions. Both are governed by the prefrontal cortex, and in object-based attention, the inferior frontal junction (which is in the prefrontal cortex) is involved.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/275427.php