The evolution of a disparity decision in human visual cortex

Autor: Justin M. Ales, Anthony M. Norcia, Benoit R. Cottereau
Přispěvatelé: Centre de recherche cerveau et cognition (CERCO), Institut des sciences du cerveau de Toulouse. (ISCT), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: NeuroImage
NeuroImage, Elsevier, 2014, 92, pp.193--206. ⟨10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.055⟩
ISSN: 1053-8119
1095-9572
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.055
Popis: article i nfo We used fMRI-informed EEG source-imaging in humans to characterize the dynamics of cortical responses during a disparity-discriminationtask.Aftertheonset ofadisparity-definedtarget, decision-relatedactivity wasfound within an extended cortical network that included several occipital regions of interest (ROIs): V4, V3A, hMT+ and the Lat- eral Occipital Complex (LOC). By using a response-locked analysis, we were able to determine the timing relation- ships in this network of ROIs relative to the subject's behavioral response. Choice-related activity appeared first in the V4 ROI almost 200 ms before the button press and then subsequently in the V3A ROI. Modeling of the responses in the V4 ROI suggests that this area provides an early contribution to disparity discrimination. Choice-related re- sponses were also found after the button-press in ROIs V4, V3A, LOC and hMT+. Outside the visual cortex, choice-related activity was found in the frontal and temporal poles before the button-press. By combining the spatial resolution of fMRI-informed EEG source imaging with the ability to sort out neural activity occurring before, during and after the behavioral manifestation of the decision, our study is the fi rst to assign distinct functional roles to the extra-striate ROIs involved in perceptual decisions based on disparity, the primary cue for depth.
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