Cortical depth dependent population receptive field attraction by spatial attention in human V1

Barrie P Klein, A. Fracasso, Jelle A van Dijk, Chris L E Paffen, Susan F Te Pas, Serge O Dumoulin

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    Abstract

    Visual spatial attention concentrates neural resources at the attended location. Recently, we demonstrated that voluntary spatial attention attracts population receptive fields (pRFs) toward its location throughout the visual hierarchy. Theoretically, both a feed forward or feedback mechanism could underlie pRF attraction in a given cortical area. Here, we use sub-millimeter ultra-high field functional MRI to measure pRF attraction across cortical depth and assess the contribution of feed forward and feedback signals to pRF attraction. In line with previous findings, we find consistent attraction of pRFs with voluntary spatial attention in V1. When assessed as a function of cortical depth, we find pRF attraction in every cortical portion (deep, center and superficial), although the attraction is strongest in deep cortical portions (near the gray-white matter boundary). Following the organization of feed forward and feedback processing across V1, we speculate that a mixture of feed forward and feedback processing underlies pRF attraction in V1. Specifically, we propose that feedback processing contributes to the pRF attraction in deep cortical portions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)301-312
    JournalNeuroImage
    Volume176
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

    Keywords

    • Journal Article

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