Parietal activation during visual search in the absence of multiple distractors

被引:20
作者
Donner, TH
Kettermann, A
Diesch, E
Villringer, A
Brandt, SA
机构
[1] Humboldt Univ, Charite, Dept Neurol, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
[2] Tech Univ Berlin, Inst Psychol, Berlin, Germany
[3] Cent Inst Mental Hlth, Dept Clin & Cognit Neurosci, D-6800 Mannheim, Germany
关键词
fMRI; frontal eye fields; human; parietal cortex; visual attention;
D O I
10.1097/00001756-200312020-00024
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Search for a target object embedded in a visual scene involves the posterior parietal cortex. This region is thought to play a role in visual attention by counteracting the effects of distractors on targets or by inhibiting distractors. Using fMRI, we investigated whether the parietal cortex is also engaged in visual search with our distractors. Cortical activation was compared between two 'single object' search tasks differing only in difficulty. Activation differences between both tasks were found in the anterior and inferior part of the intraparietal sulcus, but in neither its posterior part nor the frontal eye fields. Thus a subset of parietal regions participates in the control of visual search even in the absence of distractors.
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页码:2257 / 2261
页数:5
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