Parietal cortex mediates voluntary control of spatial and nonspatial auditory attention.

by: S Shomstein, S Yantis

J Neurosci, Vol. 26, No. 2. (11 January 2006), pp. 435-439.

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Abstract

The human posterior parietal cortex (PPC) is widely believed to subserve visually guided spatial behavior, including the control of visual attention, eye movements, and reaching. To explore the generality of this function, we measured human brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging during spatial and nonspatial shifts of auditory attention. Both spatial and nonspatial shifts of auditory attention evoked transient activity in the medial superior parietal cortex. These results reveal that the PPC is not exclusively devoted to visuospatial behavior; similar regions within a dorsomedial subcompartment provide a domain-independent reconfiguration signal for the control of spatial and nonspatial attention in both visual and nonvisual modalities.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1224701 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1224701 TI - Parietal cortex mediates voluntary control of spatial and nonspatial auditory attention. JF - J Neurosci VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 435 EP - 439 AD - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. shomstein@cmu.edu SN - 1529-2401 N2 - The human posterior parietal cortex (PPC) is widely believed to subserve visually guided spatial behavior, including the control of visual attention, eye movements, and reaching. To explore the generality of this function, we measured human brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging during spatial and nonspatial shifts of auditory attention. Both spatial and nonspatial shifts of auditory attention evoked transient activity in the medial superior parietal cortex. These results reveal that the PPC is not exclusively devoted to visuospatial behavior; similar regions within a dorsomedial subcompartment provide a domain-independent reconfiguration signal for the control of spatial and nonspatial attention in both visual and nonvisual modalities. KW - attention KW - fmri KW - parietal KW - reachgrasp KW - spatial AU - Shomstein, S AU - Yantis, S PY - 2006/01/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4408-05.2006 ER -

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