Effects of Attention to Auditory Motion on Cortical Activations during Smooth Pursuit Eye Tracking

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 4; no. 9; p. e7110
• Main Authors: Baumann, Oliver, Greenlee, Mark W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.09.2009; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Attention - physiology; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Attention task; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Cortex (auditory); Cortex (frontal); Cortex (parietal); Eye; Eye Movements; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Motion detection; Motion Perception - physiology; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Experimental Psychology; Neuroscience/Psychology; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Pursuit, Smooth; Saccades (Eye movements); Sensory integration; Smooth pursuit eye movements; Studies; Tracking; Visual cortex; Visual Pathways - physiology; Visual stimuli; Visual task performance

In contrast to traditional views that consider smooth pursuit as a relatively automatic process, evidence has been reported for the importance of attention for accurate pursuit performance. However, the exact role that attention might play in the maintenance of pursuit remains unclear. We analysed t...