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Temporal Dynamics and Response Modulation across the Human Visual System in a Spatial Attention Task: An ECoG Study.

Author(s): Martin, Anne B.; Yang, Xiaofang; Saalmann, Yuri B.; Wang, Liang; Shestyuk, Avgusta; et al

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Anne B.-
dc.contributor.authorYang, Xiaofang-
dc.contributor.authorSaalmann, Yuri B.-
dc.contributor.authorWang, Liang-
dc.contributor.authorShestyuk, Avgusta-
dc.contributor.authorLin, Jack J.-
dc.contributor.authorParvizi, Josef-
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Robert T.-
dc.contributor.authorKastner, Sabine-
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-28T15:55:24Z-
dc.date.available2019-10-28T15:55:24Z-
dc.date.issued2019-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationMartin, Anne B, Yang, Xiaofang, Saalmann, Yuri B, Wang, Liang, Shestyuk, Avgusta, Lin, Jack J, Parvizi, Josef, Knight, Robert T, Kastner, Sabine. (2019). Temporal Dynamics and Response Modulation across the Human Visual System in a Spatial Attention Task: An ECoG Study.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 39 (2), 333 - 352. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1889-18.2018en_US
dc.identifier.issn0270-6474-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1qb30-
dc.description.abstractThe selection of behaviorally relevant information from cluttered visual scenes (often referred to as "attention") is mediated by a cortical large-scale network consisting of areas in occipital, temporal, parietal, and frontal cortex that is organized into a functional hierarchy of feedforward and feedback pathways. In the human brain, little is known about the temporal dynamics of attentional processing from studies at the mesoscopic level of electrocorticography (ECoG), that combines millisecond temporal resolution with precise anatomical localization of recording sites. We analyzed high-frequency broadband responses (HFB) responses from 626 electrodes implanted in 8 epilepsy patients who performed a spatial attention task. Electrode locations were reconstructed using a probabilistic atlas of the human visual system. HFB responses showed high spatial selectivity and tuning, constituting ECoG response fields (RFs), within and outside the topographic visual system. In accordance with monkey physiology studies, both RF widths and onset latencies increased systematically across the visual processing hierarchy. We used the spatial specificity of HFB responses to quantitatively study spatial attention effects and their temporal dynamics to probe a hierarchical top-down model suggesting that feedback signals back propagate the visual processing hierarchy. Consistent with such a model, the strengths of attentional modulation were found to be greater and modulation latencies to be shorter in posterior parietal cortex, middle temporal cortex and ventral extrastriate cortex compared with early visual cortex. However, inconsistent with such a model, attention effects were weaker and more delayed in anterior parietal and frontal cortex.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In the human brain, visual attention has been predominantly studied using methods with high spatial, but poor temporal resolution such as fMRI, or high temporal, but poor spatial resolution such as EEG/MEG. Here, we investigate temporal dynamics and attention effects across the human visual system at a mesoscopic level that combines precise spatial and temporal measurements by using electrocorticography in epilepsy patients performing a classical spatial attention task. Electrode locations were reconstructed using a probabilistic atlas of the human visual system, thereby relating them to topography and processing hierarchy. We demonstrate regional differences in temporal dynamics across the attention network. Our findings do not fully support a top-down model that promotes influences on visual cortex by reversing the processing hierarchy.en_US
dc.format.extent333 - 352en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscienceen_US
dc.rightsAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.titleTemporal Dynamics and Response Modulation across the Human Visual System in a Spatial Attention Task: An ECoG Study.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1523/jneurosci.1889-18.2018-
dc.identifier.eissn1529-2401-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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