Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Gaoxing Mei, Mofen Cen, Xu Luo, Shiming Qiu, Yun Pan
Summary: Previous studies have shown that high-level cognitive functions such as attention can modulate the tilt aftereffect (TAE), but it is unclear whether working memory load has an effect on TAE. Two experiments were conducted, with one showing a reduction in TAE magnitude under high working memory load when digits were used as load stimuli, while the other experiment did not replicate this finding when color-shape conjunctions were used as load stimuli. Further replications are needed to clarify the effects of working memory load on TAE.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Olof J. van der Werf, Teresa Schuhmann, Tom de Graaf, Sanne Ten Oever, Alexander T. Sack
Summary: It has been discovered that visuospatial attention operates rhythmically, with a low-frequency 7-8 Hz mechanism coordinating periodic windows of sampling. The relative importance of locations in a visual scene affects the rhythmic sampling process.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Zeguo Qiu, Stefanie Becker, Alan J. Pegna
Summary: The relationship between visual attention and visual awareness is examined in the processing of emotional faces. The study investigates the temporal sequence between the electrophysiological signatures of visual awareness (VAN) and spatial attention (N2pc). The results suggest that spatial attention is oriented towards fearful faces when they are task-relevant, and an early phenomenal stage of awareness precedes spatial attention.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Martin Blay, Ondine Adam, Remy Bation, Filipe Galvao, Jerome Brunelin, Marine Mondino
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) on clinical and cognitive insight in patients with schizophrenia. Despite the lack of high-quality large randomized controlled trials, the available findings provide preliminary evidence that NIBS can improve clinical insight in patients with schizophrenia.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Biology
Kai J. Fox, Daniel Birman, Justin L. Gardner
Summary: This study demonstrates that attention enhances category detection and discrimination by modulating the gain of sensory responses, rather than by changing receptive fields.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stefano Gallotto, Teresa Schuhmann, Felix Duecker, Marij Middag-van Spanje, Tom A. de Graaf, Alexander T. Sack
Summary: This study compared the effects of inhibitory transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on individual frontal eye field (FEF) or intraparietal sulcus (IPS) regions, and simultaneous inhibition of both regions (network TMS). Attention performance was evaluated using the lateralized attention network test. The results showed that network TMS reduced spatial orienting effect, but had no effects on alerting and executive control. This suggests that network TMS may prevent compensatory mechanisms within the brain network.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xiaoding Wang, Jianmin Liu, Hui Lin, Sahil Garg, Mubarak Alrashoud
Summary: This paper proposes a new method for predicting multi-modal trajectories by integrating multi-source visual feature. A spatial-temporal cross attention fusion module is developed to capture the spatiotemporal interactions among vehicles, while leveraging the road's geographic structure to improve prediction accuracy. Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our method over other methods in both unimodal and multimodal prediction.
INFORMATION FUSION
(2024)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Valeriia Beliaeva, Iurii Savvateev, Valerio Zerbi, Rafael Polania
Summary: This article discusses the potential of transcranial electrical stimulation techniques in exploring the role of neural oscillations in the brain, highlighting key issues to consider across systems, species, theoretical and experimental scales.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Tao Yao, Wim Vanduffel
Summary: The spike rates of FEF neurons are strongly correlated with reaction times and can predict them 1 second before the target appears.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Ying Jing, Ole Numssen, Konstantin Weise, Benjamin Kalloch, Lena Buchberger, Jens Haueisen, Gesa Hartwigsen, Thomas R. Knoesche
Summary: This study investigates the mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-induced attentional modulation using electrical field modeling. The results show that TMS selectively inhibits attentional reorienting and leads to task-specific behavioral impairments. However, the localization method faces challenges when applied to cognitive functions with high neural response variability and complex network interactions.
PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pascal Wallisch, Wayne E. Mackey, Michael W. Karlovich, David J. Heeger
Summary: It is widely believed that observers can fail to notice clearly visible unattended objects, even if they are moving. However, the results of three high-powered experiments with a total of 4,493 participants indicate that this effect is strongly influenced by the speed of the unattended object. Only fast objects are readily noticeable, whether attended or not, suggesting that fast motion acts as a potent cue that overrides task-focused attention and diminishes inattentional blindness effects.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Phillip (Xin) Cheng, Shrey Grover, Wen Wen, Shruthi Sankaranarayanan, Sierra Davies, Justine Fragetta, David Soto, Robert M. G. Reinhart
Summary: Understanding the neural mechanisms of conscious and unconscious experience is a crucial goal in neuroscience. In this study, researchers used noninvasive electrical stimulation to target the early visual cortex and identified distinct mechanisms for memory processing of conscious and unconscious perception. The findings contribute to existing theories of consciousness, call for revisions to these theories, and offer potential therapeutic interventions for enhancing visual cortical processing.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Mohsen Parto Dezfouli, Philipp Schwedhelm, Michael Wibral, Stefan Treue, Mohammad Reza Daliri, Moein Esghaei
Summary: The study investigated visual feature binding across different dimensions using a novel stimulus configuration, demonstrating the involvement of the prefrontal cortex in this process and the dynamic modulation of low frequency inter-regional communication.
Article
Neurosciences
Arijit Chakraborty, Tiffany T. Tran, Andrew E. Silva, Deborah Giaschi, Benjamin Thompson
Summary: Lower level motion processing is crucial for multiple object tracking (MOT), with evidence suggesting that minor disruption of MT+ function alone can lead to deficits in MOT performance.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Zeguo Qiu, Stefanie Becker, Alan J. Pegna
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether spatial attention towards emotional faces is contingent on visual awareness. The findings demonstrate that spatial attention shifting to fearful faces depends on visual awareness and is closely linked to information maintenance in working memory.
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
Talis Bachmann
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Ophthalmology
Sandra Vetik, Kadi Tulver, Diana Lints, Talis Bachmann
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
Talis Bachmann
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Talis Bachmann
Summary: Ambiguous figures, such as multistable illusions, have fascinated people for centuries. They can be perceived in drastically different ways, affecting both visual organization and emotional content.
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
Talis Bachmann
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Talis Bachmann, Jaan Aru
Summary: Progress in the science of consciousness relies on the availability of experimental paradigms and contrastive analysis. This study focuses on the conscious interpretation of objects, where the interpretation of a set of features alternates in consciousness. The authors compare these paradigms with other experimental approaches and propose future directions for research. They also suggest that there may be stimuli that have a hierarchical interpretation, where conscious experience is drawn towards higher-level interpretation and reverting back to a lower level is impossible.
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Biological
Talis Bachmann
Summary: Theories of consciousness typically focus on states or contents of consciousness, often utilizing evidence from psychophysical phenomena. The perceptual retouch theory, which blends with dendritic integration theory, explains consciousness states and contents using the same mechanism. This mechanism involves the modulation of cortical layer-5 pyramidal neurons representing contents of consciousness, and can also explain many experimental psychophysical phenomena.
NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Tomas Marvan, Michal Polak, Talis Bachmann, William A. Phillips
Summary: The article discusses the cellular mechanisms behind conscious perception, focusing on apical amplification in neocortical cells. It highlights the importance of context-sensitive selective amplification for conscious experience and its dependence on neuromodulators for global mental states and fluctuations in arousal.
NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Kadi Tulver, Madis Bachmann, Mariliis Vaht, Jaanus Harro, Talis Bachmann
ACTA NEUROBIOLOGIAE EXPERIMENTALIS
(2020)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Triin Taal, Talis Bachmann
TRAMES-JOURNAL OF THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Neurosciences
Iiris Tuvi, Jaanus Harro, Evelyn Kiive, Mariliis Vaht, Talis Bachmann
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Talis Bachmann
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Psychology, Experimental
Talis Bachmann
CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
(2020)
Article
Neurosciences
Jaan Aru, Mototaka Suzuki, Renate Rutiku, Matthew E. Larkum, Talis Bachmann
FRONTIERS IN SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Review
Psychology
Talis Bachmann
ACTA NEUROPSYCHOLOGICA
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Ryan P. Silk, Hanagh R. Winter, Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya, Carmella Evans -Molina, Alan W. Stitt, Vijay K. Tiwari, David A. Simpson, Eleni Beli
Summary: This study investigates whether diabetes affects the daily rhythm of gene expression in the retina. The results show that diabetic mice exhibited phase advancement in the expression of certain genes compared to non-diabetic mice. The study also identified oxygen-sensing mechanisms and HIF1alpha as potential upstream regulators. These findings provide important insights into the development of diabetic retinopathy.
Article
Neurosciences
Krishnamachari S. Prahalad, Daniel R. Coates
Summary: Visual stimuli presented around the time of a saccade can be perceived differently by the visual system, including a reduction in the harmful impact of flankers. This study investigated the effects of microsaccades on crowded stimuli placed 20 arc minutes from the center of gaze. The findings suggest two separate pre-saccadic benefits, one that regularizes the crowding zone and another that specifically benefits microsaccade targets surrounded by tangential flankers.
Article
Neurosciences
Chandrika Ravisankar, Christopher W. Tyler, Clifton M. Schor, Shrikant R. Bharadwaj
Summary: This study revealed that less than one-third of adults with normal binocular vision were able to successfully free-fuse random-dot image pairs and identify the embedded stereoscopic shapes. The successful participants showed a dissociation of vergence and accommodative responses, while the unsuccessful ones either exhibited strong vergence and accommodation or weak vergence and strong accommodation. Task performance of the unsuccessful cluster improved significantly with pharmacological paralysis of accommodation. A minority of participants also learned to dissociate one direction of their vergence and accommodation crosslinks with repeated free-fusion trials, optimizing their task performance.
