Visual attention in primates is influenced by microstimulation of the frontal eye fields. A study in Nature now reports similar effects on auditory information processing after microstimulation of a region of the forebrain that controls gaze direction in barn owls.
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Treue, S. Directing the auditory spotlight. Nat Neurosci 9, 161–162 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0206-161
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