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Neural basis for priming of pop-out during visual search revealed with fMRI KRISTJANSSON, Arni, et al. Maljkovic and Nakayama first showed that visual search efficiency can be influenced by priming effects. Even "pop-out " targets (defined by unique color) are judged quicker if they appear at the same location and/or in the same color as on the preceding trial, in an unpredictable sequence. Here, we studied the potential neural correlates of such priming in human visual search using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We found that repeating either the location or the color of a singleton target led to repetition suppression of blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) activity in brain regions traditionally linked with attentional control, including bilateral intraparietal sulci. This indicates that the attention system of the human brain can be "primed, " in apparent analogy to repetition-suppression effects on activity in other neural systems. For repetition of target color but not location, we also found repetition suppression in inferior temporal areas that may be associated with color processing, whereas repetition of target location led to greater reduction of activation in contralateral inferior parietal and [...] KRISTJANSSON, Arni, et al. Neural basis for priming of pop-out during visual search revealed with fMRI. Cerebral Cortex, 2007, vol. 17, no. 7, p. 1612-162