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Attention to Intention
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Intention is central to the concept of voluntary action. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we compared conditions in which participants made self-paced actions and attended either to their intention to move or to the actual movement. When they attended to their intention rather than their movement, there was an enhancement of activity in the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA). We also found activations in the right dorsal prefrontal cortexand left intraparietal cortex. Prefrontal activity, but not parietal activity, was more strongly coupled with activity in the pre-SMA. We conclude that activity in the pre-SMA reflects the representation of intention.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lau, H. C., Rogers, R. D., Haggard, P., & Passingham, R. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lau, Hakwan C.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2004-02-20
- Volume
- 303
- Issue
- 5661
- Pages
- 1208-1210
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2126955565
- Cited by
- 539
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 12.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Free Will and Agency
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Keywords
- intention, voluntary action, pre-supplementary motor area, self-paced movement, attention, dorsal prefrontal cortex, intraparietal cortex
- MeSH terms
- Attention, Brain, Brain Mapping, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Motor Activity, Motor Cortex, Parietal Lobe, Regional Blood Flow, Time Factors, Prefrontal Cortex, Intention
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