Neural mechanisms of spatial selective attention in areas V1, V2, and V4 of macaque visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-42

  Luck, Steven J ^a,b   Chelazzi, Leonardo ^b,c   Hillyard, Steven A ^d   Desimone, Robert ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031018033     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.24     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. CHELAZZI, L. AND DESIMONE, R. Responses of V4 neurons during visual search. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20: 1054, 1994.
2. CHELAZZI, L., MILLER, E. K., DUNCAN, J., AND DESIMONE, R. A neural basis for visual search in inferior temporal cortex. Nature Lond. 363: 345-347, 1993.
3. COLBY, C. L. The neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of attention. J. Child Neurol. 6: 90-118, 1991.
4. CONNOR, C. E., GALLANT, J. L., PREDDIE, D. C., AND VAN ESSEN, D. C. Responses in area V4 depend on the spatial relationship between stimulus and attention. J. Neurophysiol. 75: 1306-1308, 1996.
5. CRICK, F. AND KOCH, C. Towards a neurobiological theory of consciousness. Semin. Neurosci. 2: 263-275, 1990.
6. DESIMONE, R. Neural substrates for visual attention in the primate brain. In: Neural Networks for Vision and Image Processing, edited by G. Carpenter and S. Grossberg. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992, p. 343-364.
7. DESIMONE, R. AND DUNCAN, J. Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 18: 193-222, 1995.
8. DESIMONE, R., WESSINGER, M., THOMAS, L., AND SCHNEIDER, W. Attentional control of visual perception: cortical and subcortical mechanisms. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 55: 963-971, 1990.
9. DE WEERD, P., GATASS, R., DESIMONE, R., AND UNGERLEIDER, L. G. Responses of cells in monkey visual cortex during perceptual filling-in of an artificial scotoma. Nature Lond. 377: 731-734, 1995.
10. DUNCAN, J. The locus of interference in the perception of simultaneous stimuli. Psychol. Rev. 87: 272-300, 1980.
11. ECKHORN, R., BAUER, R., JORDAN, W., BROSCH, M., KRUSE, W., MUNK, M., AND REITBOECK, H. J. Coherent oscillations: a mechanism of feature linking in the visual cortex. Biol. Cybern. 60: 121-130, 1988.
12. FERRERA, V. P., RUDOLPH, K. K., AND MAUNSELL, J. H. R. Responses of neurons in the parietal and temporal visual pathways during a motion task. J. Neurosci. 14: 6171-6186, 1994.
13. FISCHER, B. AND BOCH, R. Peripheral attention versus central fixation: modulation of the visual activity of prelunate cortical cells of the rhesus monkey. Brain Res. 345: 111-123, 1985.
14. FUSTER, J. M. Memory in the Cerebral Cortex. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.
15. GILBERT, C. D. AND WIESEL, T. N. Receptive field dynamics in adult primary visual cortex. Nature Lond. 356: 150-152, 1992.
16. GOCHIN, P. M., MILLER, E. K., GROSS, C. G., AND GERSTEIN, G. I. Functional interactions among neurons in inferior temporal cortex of the awake macaque. Exp. Brain Res. 84: 505-516, 1991.
17. GROSS, C. G. AND MISHKIN, M. The neural basis of stimulus equivalence across retinal translation. In: Lateralisation in the Nervous System, edited by S. Harnad, R. W. Doty, L. Goldstein, J. Jaynes, and G. Krauthamer. New York: Academic, 1977, p. 109-122.
18. HAENNY, P. E., MAUNSELL, J. H. R., AND SCHILLER, P. H. State dependent activity in monkey visual cortex. II. Retinal and extraretinal factors in V4. Exp. Brain Res. 69: 245-259, 1988.
19. HEINZE, H. J., MANGUN, G. R., BURCHERT, W., HINRICHS, H., SCHOLZ, M., MÜNTE, T. F., GÖS, A., SCHERG, M., JOHANNES, S., HUNDESHAGEN, H., GAZZANIGA, M. S., AND HILLYARD, S. A. Combined spatial and temporal imaging of brain activity during visual selective attention in humans. Nature Lond. 372: 543-546, 1994.
20. ITO, M., TAMURA, J., FUJITA, I., AND TANAKA, K. Size and position invariance of neuronal responses in monkey inferotemporal cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 73: 218-226, 1995.
21. LUCK, S. J. Multiple mechanisms of visual-spatial attention: recent evidence from human electrophysiology. Behav. Brain Res. 71: 113-123, 1995.
22. LUESCHOW, A., MILLER, E. K., AND DESIMONE, R. Inferior temporal mechanisms for invariant object recognition. Cereb. Cortex 5: 523-531, 1994.
23. MANGUN, G. R., HILLYARD, S. A., AND LUCK, S. J. Electrocortical substrates of visual selective attention. In: Attention and Performance XIV, edited by D. Meyer and S. Kornblum. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993, p. 219-243.
24. MAUNSELL, J. H. R., SCLAR, G., NEALEY, T. A., AND DEPRIEST, D. Extraretinal representations in area V4 of the macaque monkey. Visual Neurosci. 7: 561-573, 1991.
25. MILLER, E. K., GOCHIN, P. M., AND GROSS, C. G. Suppression of visual responses of neurons in inferior temporal cortex of the awake macaque monkey by addition of a second stimulus. Brain Res. 616: 25-29, 1993a.
26. MILLER, E. K., LI, L., AND DESIMONE, R. Activity of neurons in anterior inferior temporal cortex during a short-term memory task. J. Neurosci. 13: 1460-1478, 1993b.
27. MORAN, J. AND DESIMONE, R. Selective attention gates visual processing in the extrastriate cortex. Science Wash. DC 229: 782-784, 1985.
28. MOTTER, B. C. Focal attention produces spatially selective processing in visual cortical areas VI, V2 and V4 in the presence of competing stimuli. J. Neurophysiol. 70: 909-919, 1993.
29. MOTTER, B. C. Neural correlates of attentive selection for color or luminance in extrastriate area V4. J. Neurosci. 14: 2178-2189, 1994.
30. MOUNTCASTLE, V. B., ANDERSON, R. A., AND MOTTER, B. C. The influence of attentive fixation upon the excitability of the light-sensitive neurons of the posterior parietal cortex. J. Neurosci. 1: 1218-1235, 1981.
31. NICHOLAS, J., REYNOLDS, J., AND DESIMONE, R. Texture segmentation with attention in area V4 of the macaque. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 22: 1614, 1996.
32. NIEBUR, E., KOCH, C., AND ROSIN, C. An oscillation-based model for the neuronal basis of attention. Vision Res. 18: 2789-2802, 1993.
33. OLSHAUSEN, B. A., ANDERSON, C. H., AND VAN ESSEN, D. C. A neurobiological model of visual attention and invariant pattern recognition based on dynamic routing of information. J. Neurosci. 13: 4700-4719, 1993.
34. POSNER, M. I. Orienting of attention. Q. J. Exp. Psychol, 32: 3-25, 1980.
35. PRINZMETAL, W., PRESTI, D. E., AND POSNER, M. I. Does attention affect visual feature integration? J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 12: 361-369, 1986.
36. REYNOLDS, J., CHELAZZI, L., LUCK, S., AND DESIMONE, R. Sensory interactions and effects of selective spatial attention in macaque area V2. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20: 1054, 1994.
37. REYNOLDS, J., NICHOLAS, J., CHELAZZI, L., AND DESIMONE, R. Spatial attention protects macaque V2 and V4 cells from the influence of non-attended stimuli. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 21: 1759, 1995.
38. REYNOLDS, J., PASTERNAK, T., AND DESIMONE, R. Attention increases contrast sensitivity of cells in macaque area V4. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 22: 1197, 1996.
39. SINGER, W. AND GRAY, C. M. Visual feature integration and the temporal correlation hypothesis. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 18: 555-586, 1995.
40. SPITZER, H., DESIMONE, R., AND MORAN, J. Increased attention enhances both behavioral and neuronal performance. Science Wash. DC 240: 338-340, 1988.
41. TREISMAN, A. M. Strategies and models of selective attention. Psychol. Rev. 76: 282-299, 1969.
42. TREUE, S. AND MAUNSELL, J. H. R. Attentional modulation of visual motion processing in cortical areas MT and MST. Nature Lond. 382: 539-541, 1996.
43. TSOTSOS, J. K. Toward a computational model of visual attention. In: Early Vision and Beyond, edited by T. V. Papathomas, C. Chubb, A. Gorea, and E. Kowler. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995, p. 207-218.
44. WISE, S. AND DESIMONE, R. Behavioral neurophysiology: insights into seeing and grasping. Science Wash. DC 242: 736-741, 1988.