Differential roles for frontal eye fields (FEFs) and intraparietal sulcus (IPS) in visual working memory and visual attention

• Published in: Journal of vision (Charlottesville, Va.) Vol. 10; no. 11; p. 28
• Main Authors: Offen, S., Gardner, J. L., Schluppeck, D., Heeger, D. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 29.09.2010
• Subjects: Attention - physiology; Brain Mapping; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Humans; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Reaction Time - physiology; Visual Cortex - physiology

Cortical activity was measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging to probe the involvement of the superior precentral sulcus (including putative human frontal eye fields, FEFs) and the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) in visual short-term memory and visual attention. In two experimental tasks, hum...