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neural correlates of endogenously cued covert visuospatial attentional shifting in the cue-target interval
| Title: | The neural correlates of endogenously cued covert visuospatial attentional shifting in the cue-target interval: an electroencephalographic study. |
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| Name(s): |
Modestino, Edward Justin. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2009 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xiv, 178 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This study investigated electroencephalographic differences related to cue (central left- or right-directed arrows) in a covert endogenous visual spatial attention task patterned after that of Hopf and Mangun (2000). This was done with the intent of defining the timing of components in relation to cognitive processes within the cue-target interval. Multiple techniques were employed to do this. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were examined using Independent Component Analysis. This revealed a significant N1, between 100:200 ms post-cue, greater contralateral to the cue. Difference wave ERPs, left minus right cue-locked data, divulged significant early directing attention negativity (EDAN) at 200:400 ms post-cue in the right posterior which reversed polarity in the left posterior. Temporal spectral evolution (TSE) analysis of the alpha band revealed three stages, (1) high bilateral alpha precue to 120 ms post-cue, (2) an event related desynchronization (ERD) from approximately 120 ms: 500 ms post-cue, and (3) an event related synchronization (ERS) rebound, 500: 900 ms post-cue, where alpha amplitude, a measure of activity, was highest contralateral to the ignored hemifield and lower contralateral to the attended hemifield. Using a combination of all of these components and scientific literature in this field, it is possible to plot out the time course of the cognitive events and their neural correlates. | |
| Identifier: | 501313332 (oclc), 369199 (digitool), FADT369199 (IID), fau:4269 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Edward Justin Modestino. Vita. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Brain mapping Neural networks (Neurobiology) Cognitive neuroscience Recognition (Psychology) Cognition -- Research -- Methodology |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/369199 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
