Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy
We allocate attention to relevant sensory stimuli to enhance their neural processing. Here, the authors show that attention, like adaptation, causes a misrepresentation and misperception of visual changes in our environment in cases where this aids the perceptual task at hand.
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| author | Vahid Mehrpour Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo Stefan Treue |
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| description | We allocate attention to relevant sensory stimuli to enhance their neural processing. Here, the authors show that attention, like adaptation, causes a misrepresentation and misperception of visual changes in our environment in cases where this aids the perceptual task at hand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dce919e001bd4ec3afe7cf62cd862cc42022-12-21T18:33:20ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-05-011111810.1038/s41467-020-15989-0Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracyVahid Mehrpour0Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo1Stefan Treue2Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate ResearchDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western OntarioCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate ResearchWe allocate attention to relevant sensory stimuli to enhance their neural processing. Here, the authors show that attention, like adaptation, causes a misrepresentation and misperception of visual changes in our environment in cases where this aids the perceptual task at hand.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15989-0 |
| spellingShingle | Vahid Mehrpour Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo Stefan Treue Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy Nature Communications |
| title | Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy |
| title_full | Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy |
| title_fullStr | Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy |
| title_short | Attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy |
| title_sort | attention amplifies neural representations of changes in sensory input at the expense of perceptual accuracy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15989-0 |
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