The attentive homunculus: ERP evidence for somatotopic allocation of attention in tactile search

• Published in: Neuropsychologia Vol. 84; pp. 158 - 166
• Main Authors: Forster, Bettina, Tziraki, Maria, Jones, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention - physiology; Attentional selection; Body; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Functional Laterality - physiology; Hand - physiology; Humans; Male; Neuropsychological Tests; Physical Stimulation - methods; Somatosensory system; Tactile attention; Tactile search; Toes - physiology; Touch Perception - physiology; Young Adult; Tactile attention; Tactile search; Somatosensory system; Body; Attentional selection

Our brain constantly receives tactile information from the body’s surface. We often only become aware of this information when directing our attention towards the body. Here, we report a study investigating the behavioural and neural response when selecting a target amongst distractor vibrations pre...