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Reward processing in the value-driven attention network: reward signals tracking cue identity and location

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Anderson, Brian A.·2017·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
DOI 10.1093/scan/nsw141PMC PMC5390735
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Through associative reward learning, arbitrary cues acquire the ability to automatically capture visual attention. Previous studies have examined the neural correlates of value-driven attentional orienting, revealing elevated activity within a network of brain regions encompassing the visual corticostriatal loop [caudate tail, lateral occipital complex (LOC) and early visual cortex] and intraparietal sulcus (IPS). Such attentional priority signals raise a broader question concerning how visual signals are combined with reward signals during learning to create a representation that is sensitive to the confluence of the two. This study examines reward signals during the cued reward training phase commonly used to generate value-driven attentional biases. High, compared with low, reward feedback preferentially activated the value-driven attention network, in addition to regions typically implicated in reward processing. Further examination of these reward signals within the visual system revealed information about the identity of the preceding cue in the caudate tail and LOC, and information about the location of the preceding cue in IPS, while early visual cortex represented both location and identity. The results reveal teaching signals within the value-driven attention network during associative reward learning, and further suggest functional specialization within different regions of this network during the acquisition of an integrated representation of stimulus value.

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  • Neuronal activity in response to stimuli imbued with reward history is elevated along the visual hierarchy as early as (extra)striate cortex.

    “These changes are reflected in modulations of neuronal firing such that neuronal activity in response to stimuli imbued with reward history is elevated along the visual hierarchy as early as (extra)striate cortex (e.g., Anderson, 2016b; Anderson, Leal, et al., 2014; Hickey et al., 2010a; Seitz et al., 2009; Serences, 2008; Serences & Saproo, 2010).”

    From Selection history: How reward modulates selectivity of visual attention. (2018) · cites this paper as Anderson, 2016b

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Authors
Anderson, B. A.
Affiliations
Texas A&M University (US)
Corresponding author
Anderson, Brian A.
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Anderson, Brian A.
Venue
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2016-10-26
Volume
12
Issue
3
Pages
461-467
ISSN
  • 1749-5016 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-5024
DOI
10.1093/scan/nsw141
PMC
PMC5390735
OpenAlex
W2527080152
Cited by
80
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5
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Language
en
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  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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Funders
National Institutes of Health (R01-DA013165)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Keywords
value-driven attention, reward processing, attentional orienting, lateral occipital complex, intraparietal sulcus, early visual cortex, teaching signal, attentional bias
MeSH terms
Adult, Association Learning, Attention, Brain Mapping, Caudate Nucleus, Cues, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motivation, Nerve Net, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Reaction Time, Reward, Visual Cortex, Visual Pathways, Young Adult

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