Functional and structural architecture of the human dorsal frontoparietal attention network
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Significance: Everyday actions require us to represent attentional priorities in different reference frames. For example, to pick up a cup of coffee, we need to know where the cup is relative to our body, and where the handle is relative to the cup (i.e., body-centered and object-centered reference frames). Multiple brain areas in frontal and parietal cortex help process attentional priorities. Although these areas are commonly conceptualized as an attentional network, it is not clear what neural pathways connect these areas, nor the pathways’ functions. We demonstrate that two pathways link these areas in frontal and parietal cortex. The pathways help represent attentional priorities in different reference frames, enabling us to flexibly interact with objects in our environment.
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A network including the IPS and surrounding areas and involving primarily the FEF has been identified as the dorsal frontoparietal network or dorsal attention network; this network may also expand to include the PMV or corresponding areas such as the inferior frontal junction.
“A network including the IPS and surrounding areas and involving primarily the FEF has been identified as the dorsal frontoparietal network or dorsal attention network (Corbetta and Shulman 2002; Szczepanski et al. 2013); this network may also expand to include the PMV or corresponding areas, such as the inferior frontal junction (Toro et al. 2008; Corbetta and Shulman 2011; Gordon et al. 2017).”
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- Authors
- Szczepanski, S. M., Pinsk, M. A., Douglas, M. M., Kastner, S., & Saalmann, Y. B.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- Electrical Engineering and
- Departments of aPsychology and
- ORCID
- Saalmann, Yuri B.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2013-09-09
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 39
- Pages
- 15806-15811
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3785784
- OpenAlex
- W1981481309
- Cited by
- 208
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (2r01ey017699-14)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH64043, R01MH064043)
- National Eye Institute (R01EY-017699, R21EY021078)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
- Keywords
- spatial attention, attentional control, spatial representation, frontoparietal connectivity, functional architecture
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Female, Fixation, Ocular, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Male, Nerve Net, Parietal Lobe, Visual Fields
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