Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects.
Perception of novel objects is of enormous importance in our lives. People have to perceive or understand novel objects when seeing an original painting, admiring an unconventional construction, and using an inventive device. However, very little is known about neural mechanisms underlying the perce...
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| description | Perception of novel objects is of enormous importance in our lives. People have to perceive or understand novel objects when seeing an original painting, admiring an unconventional construction, and using an inventive device. However, very little is known about neural mechanisms underlying the perception for novel objects. Perception of novel objects relies on the integration of unusual features of novel objects in order to identify what such objects are. In the present study, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was employed to investigate neural correlates of perception of novel objects. The neuroimaging data on participants engaged in novel object viewing versus ordinary object viewing revealed that perception of novel objects involves significant activation in the left precuneus (Brodmann area 7) and the right visual cortex. The results suggest that the left precuneus is associated with the integration of unusual features of novel objects, while the right visual cortex is sensitive to the detection of such features. Our findings highlight the left precuneus as a crucial component of the neural circuitry underlying perception of novel objects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dcb8d1929d64eae93e3641f465367302022-12-22T01:12:28ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0184e6297910.1371/journal.pone.0062979Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects.Hao ZhangJia LiuQinglin ZhangPerception of novel objects is of enormous importance in our lives. People have to perceive or understand novel objects when seeing an original painting, admiring an unconventional construction, and using an inventive device. However, very little is known about neural mechanisms underlying the perception for novel objects. Perception of novel objects relies on the integration of unusual features of novel objects in order to identify what such objects are. In the present study, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was employed to investigate neural correlates of perception of novel objects. The neuroimaging data on participants engaged in novel object viewing versus ordinary object viewing revealed that perception of novel objects involves significant activation in the left precuneus (Brodmann area 7) and the right visual cortex. The results suggest that the left precuneus is associated with the integration of unusual features of novel objects, while the right visual cortex is sensitive to the detection of such features. Our findings highlight the left precuneus as a crucial component of the neural circuitry underlying perception of novel objects.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3639895?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Hao Zhang Jia Liu Qinglin Zhang Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects. PLoS ONE |
| title | Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects. |
| title_full | Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects. |
| title_fullStr | Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects. |
| title_short | Neural correlates of the perception for novel objects. |
| title_sort | neural correlates of the perception for novel objects |
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