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Monkeys performed a visual search task for food reward. Green square targets were embedded in 3 × 3 arrays of colored forms. In distinct-feature arrays, all nontarget stimuli were red diamonds, whereas in shared-feature arrays, some nontarget stimuli shared either form (red square) or color (green diamond) with the target. Reaction time was slower for shared-feature arrays and linearly related to the number of shared-feature distractors. Errors were more common in shared-feature arrays, and shared-feature distractors were mistaken for targets more frequently than distinct-feature distractors. Event-related local field potentials were recorded from implanted transcortical electrodes. Significant task-related differences were obtained from association cortex, but not from projection cortex. Results are discussed in terms of the relative contribution of inferotem-poral,
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Funding for this research was provided by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to R.B., and from NIH/NIMH to K.H.P.
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Bolster, R.B., Pribram, K.H. Cortical involvement in visual scan in the monkey. Perception & Psychophysics 53, 505–518 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03205199
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