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Neural mechanisms of top-down control during spatial and feature attention

Giesbrecht, B, Woldorff, M.G, Song, A.W, Mangun, G.R·2003·NeuroImage

Abstract

Theories of visual selective attention posit that both spatial location and nonspatial stimulus features (e.g., color) are elementary dimensions on which top-down attentional control mechanisms can selectively influence visual processing. Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that regions of superior frontal and parietal cortex are critically involved in the control of visual-spatial attention. This frontoparietal control network has also been found to be activated when attention is oriented to nonspatial stimulus features (e.g., motion). To test the generality of the frontoparietal network in attentional control, we directly compared spatial and nonspatial attention in a cuing paradigm. Event-related fMRI methods permitted the isolation of attentional control activity during orienting to a location or to a nonspatial stimulus feature (color). Portions of the frontoparietal network were commonly activated to the spatial and nonspatial cues. However, direct statistical comparisons of cue-related activity revealed subregions of the frontoparietal network that were significantly more active during spatial than nonspatial orienting when all other stimulus, task, and attentional factors were equated. No regions of the frontal-parietal network were more active for nonspatial cues in comparison to spatial cues. These findings support models suggesting that subregions of the frontal-parietal network are highly specific for controlling spatial selective attention.

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Authors
Giesbrecht, B., Woldorff, M. G., Song, A. W., & Mangun, G. R.
Affiliations
  • Duke University (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
Giesbrecht, B
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-07
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
496-512
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2130489623
Cited by
391
References
81
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10.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Army Research Office
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Keywords
top-down attentional control, spatial attention, feature attention, color attention, frontoparietal network, superior frontal cortex, parietal cortex, visual selective attention, attentional orienting, event-related fMRI
MeSH terms
Adult, Attention, Color Perception, Cues, Electrooculography, Eye Movements, Female, Form Perception, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Male, Nerve Net, Parietal Lobe, Space Perception, Echo-Planar Imaging

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