Weerda, Riklef and Vallines, Ignacio and Thomas, James P. and Rutschmann, Roland M. and Greenlee, Mark W. (2006) Effects of nonspatial selective and divided visual attention on fMRI BOLD responses. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 173 (4). pp. 555-563. ISSN 0014-4819,
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Using an uncertainty paradigm and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we studied the effect of nonspatial selective and divided visual attention on the activity of specific areas of human extrastriate visual cortex. The stimuli were single ovals that differed from an implicit standard oval in either colour or width. The subjects' task was to classify the current stimulus as one of two possible alternatives per stimulus dimension. Three different experimental conditions were conducted: "colour-certainty", "shape-certainty" and "uncertainty". In all experimental conditions, the stimulus differed in only one stimulus dimension per trial. In the two certainty conditions, the subjects knew in advance which dimension this would be. During the uncertainty condition they had no such previous knowledge and had to monitor both dimensions simultaneously. Statistical analysis of the fMRI data (with SPM2) revealed a modest effect of the attended stimulus dimension on the neural activity in colour sensitive area V4 (more activity during attention to colour) and in shape sensitive area LOC (more activity during attention to shape). Furthermore, cortical areas known to be related to attention and working memory processes (e.g., lateral prefrontal and posterior parietal cortex) exhibit higher activity during the condition of divided attention ("uncertainty") than during that of selective attention ("certainty").
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LATERAL OCCIPITAL COMPLEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; OBJECT SHAPE; DISCRIMINATION; UNCERTAINTY; COLOR; DISTRACTORS; MODULATION; SEARCH; BRAIN; stimulus uncertainty; visual attention; colour discrimination; shape perception; functional MRI |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I (Allgemeine Psychologie I und Methodenlehre) - Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2021 11:31 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2021 11:31 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/34080 |
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