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Differences in cerebral activation during perception of optokinetic computer stimuli and video clips of living animals: an fMRI study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20678494     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: There is behavioral evidence of increased spontaneous recruitment of visual attention to ancestral evolved categories, such as animals, compared with expertise-derived categories, such as a computer. In order to investigate the association between visual perception and spontaneous visual attention, a study was performed to determine if brain activation whilst viewing moving animals was increased compared with optokinetic computer stimuli.
METHODS: Functional MRI was performed in 12 healthy volunteers using a standard block-design paradigm, consisting of three consecutive experiments. Subjects viewed the following images: Experiment one--optokinetic computer stimuli alternating with static computer stimuli; Experiment two--moving animals alternating with non-moving animals; Experiment three--moving animals alternating with optokinetic computer stimuli.
RESULTS: Moving animals evoked motion-dependent activation bilaterally in the middle and superior temporal gyri, right inferior temporal gyrus, left occipital gyrus, right supramarginal gyrus, and left straight gyrus. Integrated object-and-motion-dependent activation was found bilateral in inferior and middle temporal gyri, right superior temporal gyrus, right superior parietal lobule, left dorsal putamen, and right amygdala.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that there is increased cerebral activity in the visuo-attentional network whilst viewing moving animals compared with optokinetic computer stimuli.
Authors:
Stefanie Böttger; Roman Haberl; Mario Prosiegel; Heinrich Audebert; Bastian Rumberg; Michael Forsting; Elke R Gizewski
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-08-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain research     Volume:  1354     ISSN:  1872-6240     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Res.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-06     Completed Date:  2011-01-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045503     Medline TA:  Brain Res     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  132-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neurological Intensive Medicine, Klinikum Harlaching, Städtisches Klinikum München GmbH, Sanatoriumsplatz 2, 81545 München, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Attention / physiology*
Brain Mapping
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Discrimination (Psychology) / physiology*
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Motion Perception / physiology*
Photic Stimulation
Questionnaires
Visual Perception / physiology*

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