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ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention

We investigated whether attention shifts and eye movement preparation are mediated by shared control mechanisms, as claimed by the premotor theory of attention. ERPs were recorded in three tasks where directional cues presented at the beginning of each trial instructed participants to direct their a...

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Autores principales: Eimer, Martin, Velzen, Jose Van, Gherri, Elena, Press, Clare
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17198687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.007
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author Eimer, Martin
Velzen, Jose Van
Gherri, Elena
Press, Clare
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description We investigated whether attention shifts and eye movement preparation are mediated by shared control mechanisms, as claimed by the premotor theory of attention. ERPs were recorded in three tasks where directional cues presented at the beginning of each trial instructed participants to direct their attention to the cued side without eye movements (Covert task), to prepare an eye movement in the cued direction without attention shifts (Saccade task) or both (Combined task). A peripheral visual Go/Nogo stimulus that was presented 800 ms after cue onset signalled whether responses had to be executed or withheld. Lateralised ERP components triggered during the cue–target interval, which are assumed to reflect preparatory control mechanisms that mediate attentional orienting, were very similar across tasks. They were also present in the Saccade task, which was designed to discourage any concomitant covert attention shifts. These results support the hypothesis that saccade preparation and attentional orienting are implemented by common control structures. There were however systematic differences in the impact of eye movement programming and covert attention on ERPs triggered in response to visual stimuli at cued versus uncued locations. It is concluded that, although the preparatory processes underlying saccade programming and covert attentional orienting may be based on common mechanisms, they nevertheless differ in their spatially specific effects on visual information processing.
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spelling pubmed-22482222008-02-20 ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention Eimer, Martin Velzen, Jose Van Gherri, Elena Press, Clare Brain Res Research Report We investigated whether attention shifts and eye movement preparation are mediated by shared control mechanisms, as claimed by the premotor theory of attention. ERPs were recorded in three tasks where directional cues presented at the beginning of each trial instructed participants to direct their attention to the cued side without eye movements (Covert task), to prepare an eye movement in the cued direction without attention shifts (Saccade task) or both (Combined task). A peripheral visual Go/Nogo stimulus that was presented 800 ms after cue onset signalled whether responses had to be executed or withheld. Lateralised ERP components triggered during the cue–target interval, which are assumed to reflect preparatory control mechanisms that mediate attentional orienting, were very similar across tasks. They were also present in the Saccade task, which was designed to discourage any concomitant covert attention shifts. These results support the hypothesis that saccade preparation and attentional orienting are implemented by common control structures. There were however systematic differences in the impact of eye movement programming and covert attention on ERPs triggered in response to visual stimuli at cued versus uncued locations. It is concluded that, although the preparatory processes underlying saccade programming and covert attentional orienting may be based on common mechanisms, they nevertheless differ in their spatially specific effects on visual information processing. Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2007-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2248222/ /pubmed/17198687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.007 Text en © 2007 Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Open Access under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license
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ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
title ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
title_full ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
title_fullStr ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
title_full_unstemmed ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
title_short ERP correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
title_sort erp correlates of shared control mechanisms involved in saccade preparation and in covert attention
topic Research Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17198687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.007
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