Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.

Attentional cues can trigger activity in the parietal cortex in anticipation of visual displays, and this activity may, in turn, induce changes in other areas of the visual cortex, hence, implementing attentional selection. In a recent TMS study [Mevorach, C., Humphreys, G. W., and Shalev, L. Opposi...

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Những tác giả chính: Mevorach, C, Humphreys, G, Shalev, L
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2009
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author Mevorach, C
Humphreys, G
Shalev, L
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Shalev, L
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description Attentional cues can trigger activity in the parietal cortex in anticipation of visual displays, and this activity may, in turn, induce changes in other areas of the visual cortex, hence, implementing attentional selection. In a recent TMS study [Mevorach, C., Humphreys, G. W., and Shalev, L. Opposite biases in salience-based selection for the left and right posterior parietal cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 9, 740-742, 2006b], it was shown that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) can utilize the relative saliency (a nonspatial property) of a target and a distractor to bias visual selection. Furthermore, selection was lateralized so that the right PPC is engaged when salient information must be selected and the left PPC when the salient information must be ignored. However, it is not clear how the PPC implements these complementary forms of selection. Here we used on-line triple-pulse TMS over the right or left PPC prior to or after the onset of global/local displays. When delivered after the onset of the display, TMS to the right PPC disrupted the selection of the more salient aspect of the hierarchical letter. In contrast, left PPC TMS delivered prior to the onset of the stimulus disrupted responses to the lower saliency stimulus. These findings suggest that selection and suppression of saliency, rather than being "two sides of the same coin," are fundamentally different processes. Selection of saliency seems to operate reflexively, whereas suppression of saliency relies on a preparatory phase that "sets up" the system in order to effectively ignore saliency.
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spelling oxford-uuid:6004747b-b7bf-4e15-9ed7-aaf40bb26f342022-03-26T17:50:40ZReflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6004747b-b7bf-4e15-9ed7-aaf40bb26f34EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Mevorach, CHumphreys, GShalev, LAttentional cues can trigger activity in the parietal cortex in anticipation of visual displays, and this activity may, in turn, induce changes in other areas of the visual cortex, hence, implementing attentional selection. In a recent TMS study [Mevorach, C., Humphreys, G. W., and Shalev, L. Opposite biases in salience-based selection for the left and right posterior parietal cortex. Nature Neuroscience, 9, 740-742, 2006b], it was shown that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) can utilize the relative saliency (a nonspatial property) of a target and a distractor to bias visual selection. Furthermore, selection was lateralized so that the right PPC is engaged when salient information must be selected and the left PPC when the salient information must be ignored. However, it is not clear how the PPC implements these complementary forms of selection. Here we used on-line triple-pulse TMS over the right or left PPC prior to or after the onset of global/local displays. When delivered after the onset of the display, TMS to the right PPC disrupted the selection of the more salient aspect of the hierarchical letter. In contrast, left PPC TMS delivered prior to the onset of the stimulus disrupted responses to the lower saliency stimulus. These findings suggest that selection and suppression of saliency, rather than being "two sides of the same coin," are fundamentally different processes. Selection of saliency seems to operate reflexively, whereas suppression of saliency relies on a preparatory phase that "sets up" the system in order to effectively ignore saliency.
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Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.
title Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.
title_full Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.
title_fullStr Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.
title_full_unstemmed Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.
title_short Reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex.
title_sort reflexive and preparatory selection and suppression of salient information in the right and left posterior parietal cortex
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