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Hemodynamic change in occipital lobe during visual search: visual attention allocation measured with NIRS.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19800898     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We examined the changes in regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) around visual cortex using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) when observers attended to visual scenes. The oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin (Oxy-Hb and Deoxy-Hb) concentration changes at occipital lobe were monitored during a dual task. Observers were asked to name a digit superimposed on a scenery picture, while in parallel, they had to detect an on-and-off flickering object in a Change Blindness paradigm. Results showed the typical activation patterns in and around the visual cortex with increases in Oxy-Hb and decreases in Deoxy-Hb. The Oxy-Hb increase doubled when observers could not find the target, as opposed to trials in which they could. The results strongly suggest that active attention to a visual scene enhances Oxy-Hb change much stronger than passive watching, and that attention and Oxy-Hb increases are possibly correlated.
Authors:
Haruyuki Kojima; Takeshi Suzuki
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuropsychologia     Volume:  48     ISSN:  1873-3514     ISO Abbreviation:  Neuropsychologia     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-16     Completed Date:  2010-02-26     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0020713     Medline TA:  Neuropsychologia     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  349-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. hkojima@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attention / physiology*
Brain Mapping
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Hemodynamics / physiology*
Hemoglobin, Sickle
Hemoglobins / metabolism
Humans
Occipital Lobe / physiology*
Oxyhemoglobins / metabolism
Photic Stimulation / methods
Reaction Time / physiology
Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hemoglobin, Sickle; 0/Hemoglobins; 0/Oxyhemoglobins; 37203-69-3/oxyhemoglobin S; 9008-02-0/deoxyhemoglobin

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