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The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node

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  • Ilaria Sani

    (The Rockefeller University
    University of Geneva)

  • Heiko Stemmann

    (University of Bremen)

  • Bradley Caron

    (Indiana University)

  • Daniel Bullock

    (Indiana University)

  • Torsten Stemmler

    (University of Bremen)

  • Manfred Fahle

    (University of Bremen)

  • Franco Pestilli

    (Indiana University
    The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Winrich A. Freiwald

    (The Rockefeller University
    Center for Brains, Minds & Machines)

Abstract

Endogenous attention is the cognitive function that selects the relevant pieces of sensory information to achieve goals and it is known to be controlled by dorsal fronto-parietal brain areas. Here we expand this notion by identifying a control attention area located in the temporal lobe. By combining a demanding behavioral paradigm with functional neuroimaging and diffusion tractography, we show that like fronto-parietal attentional areas, the human posterior inferotemporal cortex exhibits significant attentional modulatory activity. This area is functionally distinct from surrounding cortical areas, and is directly connected to parietal and frontal attentional regions. These results show that attentional control spans three cortical lobes and overarches large distances through fiber pathways that run orthogonally to the dominant anterior-posterior axes of sensory processing, thus suggesting a different organizing principle for cognitive control.

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  • Ilaria Sani & Heiko Stemmann & Bradley Caron & Daniel Bullock & Torsten Stemmler & Manfred Fahle & Franco Pestilli & Winrich A. Freiwald, 2021. "The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-20583-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20583-5
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    1. Tal Seidel Malkinson & Dimitri J. Bayle & Brigitte C. Kaufmann & Jianghao Liu & Alexia Bourgeois & Katia Lehongre & Sara Fernandez-Vidal & Vincent Navarro & Virginie Lambrecq & Claude Adam & Daniel S., 2024. "Intracortical recordings reveal vision-to-action cortical gradients driving human exogenous attention," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.

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