Cross-Modal Attention Effects in the Vestibular Cortex During Attentive Tracking of Moving Objects

Overview

Journal J Neurosci

Specialty Neurology

Date 2016 Nov 9

PMID 27821579

Citations 13

Authors

Sebastian M Frank

Liwei Sun

Lisa Forster

Peter U Tse

Mark W Greenlee

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Abstract

Significance Statement: In this study we investigate cross-modal attention effects in the human vestibular cortex. We applied the visual multiple-object tracking task because it is known to evoke attentional load effects on neural activity in visual motion-processing and attention-processing areas. Here we demonstrate a load-dependent effect of attention on the activation in the vestibular cortex, despite constant visual motion stimulation. We find that activity in the parietoinsular vestibular cortex is more strongly suppressed the greater the attentional load on the visual tracking task. These findings suggest cross-modal attentional modulation in the vestibular cortex.

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