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These experiments consistently showed global facilitation of the to-be-attended random dot kinematogram\u2014a basic principle of feature-based attention. SSVEP source estimation suggested that posterior visual cortex from V1 to area hMT+\/V5 is broadly activated by frequency-tagged stimuli. What is presently unknown is whether the feature-based attentional facilitation of SSVEPs is a rather unspecific neural response including all visual areas that follow the \u201con\/off,\u201d or whether SSVEP feature-based amplitude enhancements are driven by activity in visual areas most sensitive to a specific feature, such as V4v in the case of color. Here, we leverage multimodal SSVEP-fMRI recordings in human participants and a multidimensional feature-based attention paradigm to investigate this question. Attending to shape produced significantly greater SSVEP-BOLD covariation in primary visual cortex compared with color. 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