title: Cognitive control signals in visual cortex: flashes meet spotlights.
abstract: At the intersection of two intensely belabored fields, primary visual cortex (V1) function and neural mechanisms of cognitive control, Jack et al. (in this issue of Neuron) report a neural signal that is neither related to stimulus representation nor spatial attention. Instead, this endogenous signal correlates with task structure and raises new questions.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U562, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot CEA, 4, place du Général Leclerc, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleinschmidt
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*