An fMRI investigation into the neural mechanisms of spatial attentional selection in a location-based negative priming task

Krueger, Frank; Fischer, Rico; Heinecke, Armin; Hagendorf, Herbert

doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2007.08.016

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“…Specifically, updating of mathematical operations (i.e., rules) preferentially activates the prefrontal cortex, whereas updating of numbers preferentially activates the parietal cortex. Further evidence demonstrated that number processing via spatial working memory requires a functional interaction between inferior parietal cortex and right DLPFC [Kazui et al, 2000;Rickard et al, 2000], in which the DLPFC serves as a top-down control unit [Corbetta and Shulman, 2002;Krueger et al, 2007]. Finally, it has been demonstrated that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the right DLPFC interferes with digit span performance implying a critical role of this region in subserving short-term retention [Aleman and van't Wout, 2008].…”

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Effective connectivity of the multiplication network: A functional MRI and multivariate granger causality mapping study

Krueger¹,

Landgraf²,

Meer³

et al. 2010

Human Brain Mapping

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Developmental neuropsychology and functional neuroimaging evidence indicates that simple and complex mental calculation is subserved by a fronto-parietal network. However, the effective connectivity (connection direction and strength) among regions within the fronto-parietal network is still unexplored. Combining event-related fMRI and multivariate Granger Causality Mapping (GCM), we administered a multiplication verification task to healthy participants asking them to solve single and double-digit multiplications. The goals of our study were first, to identify the effective connectivity of the multiplication network, and second, to compare the effective connectivity patterns between a low and a high arithmetical competence (AC) group. The manipulation of multiplication difficulty revealed a fronto-parietal network encompassing bilateral intraparietal sulcus (IPS), left pre-supplementary motor area (PreSMA), left precentral gyrus (PreCG), and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The network was driven by an intraparietal IPS-IPS circuit hosting a representation of numerical quantity intertwined with a fronto-parietal DLPFC-IPS circuit engaged in temporary storage and updating of arithmetic operations. Both circuits received additional inputs from the PreCG and PreSMA playing more of a supportive role in mental calculation. The high AC group compared to the low AC group displayed a greater activation in the right IPS and based its calculation more on a feedback driven intraparietal IPS-IPS circuit, whereas the low competence group more on a feedback driven fronto-parietal DLPFC-IPS circuit. This study provides first evidence that multivariate GCM is a sensitive approach to investigate effective connectivity of mental processes involved in mental calculation and to compare group level performances for different populations.

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Effective connectivity of the multiplication network: A functional MRI and multivariate granger causality mapping study

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Meer³

et al. 2010

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“…Nevertheless, there is tentative evidence for general neural correlates of NP across different tasks. An involvement of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been correlated with deficits in NP in three imaging studies (Egner & Hirsch, 2005;Krueger et al, 2007;Ungar et al, 2010), and an additional study reported correlates to adjoined prefrontal regions (Wright et al, 2005). We shortly discuss these studies.…”

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“…So far, there are many procedural differences between the fMRI studies analyzing NP. These differences should naturally be associated with different clusters of brain activation (Krueger, Fischer, Heinecke, & Hagendorf, 2007) and the reported correlations between varying brain regions and NP may reflect unique task demands (see Table 3 and Fig. 2 for a summary of findings).…”

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The negative priming paradigm: An update and implications for selective attention

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Negative Priming (NP) is an influential paradigm in cognitive psychology that was originally developed to measure attentional selection. Yet, up to the mid-1990s, a large number of experimental reports questioned whether the NP effect is based on attentional inhibition and/or episodic retrieval processes. In this review, we summarize findings since the mid1990s and discuss new and old theoretical approaches to Negative Priming. We conclude that more than one process contributes to NP and that future research should analyze the conditions under which a particular process contributes to NP. Moreover, we argue that the paradigm -although it does not measure a single cognitive process alone -is still a useful tool for understanding selection in cognition. In fact, it might be a virtue of the paradigm that several cognitive processes work here together as selection in nonexperimental contexts is surely a multidimensional process. From this perspective, research on NP is relevant for all research fields analyzing selection. We therefore close our review by discussing the implications of the new evidence on NP for theories of selective attention.

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“…In the literature exists a broad diversity between identity and location NP for both behavioral and neurophysiological data (e.g. Connelly & Hasher, 1993;Tipper, Bourque, Anderson & Brehaut, 1989;Mayr, Niedeggen, Buchner & Pietrowsky, 2003;Egner & Hirsch, 2005;Vink, Kahn, Raemaekers & Ramsey, 2005;Gibbons, 2006;Gibbons, Rammsayer & Stahl, 2006;Kathmann, Bogdahn & Endrass 2006;Ruge & Naumann, 2006;Wright et al, 2006;Frings & Groh-Bordin, 2007;Krueger, Fischer, Heinecke & Hagendorf, 2007). For example it could be shown that schizophrenic patients show no or reduced location NP whereas identity NP is not impaired (Hoenig, Hochrein, Müller & Wagner, 2002).…”

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“…and is thought to represent the filtering out of competing distractor stimuli (Luck, Girelli, McDermott & Ford, 1997). In the case of location NP the target selection includes not only the normal competition between target and distractor stimuli but it also carries an additional source of conflict when still active inhibition of the representation of a previous distractor location has to be overcome in the probe trial (Krueger, Fischer, Heinecke & Hagendorf, 2007;Houghton & Tipper, 1994).…”

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Electrophysiological evidence for cognitive control during conflict processing in visual spatial attention

Kehrer

Kraft

Irlbacher

et al. 2008

Psychological Research

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Event-related potentials were measured to investigate the role of visual spatial attention mechanisms in conflict processing. We suggested that a more difficult target selection leads to stronger attentional top-down control, thereby reducing the effects of arising conflicts. This hypothesis was tested by varying the selection difficulty in a location negative priming (NP) paradigm. The difficult task resulted in prolonged responses as compared to the easy task. A behavioral NP effect was only evident in the easy task. Psychophysiologically the easy task was associated with reduced parietal N1, enhanced frontocentral N2 and N2pc components and a prolonged P3 latency for the conflict as compared to the control condition. The N2pc effect was also obvious in the difficult task. Additionally frontocentral N2 amplitudes increased and latencies of N2pc and P3 were delayed compared to the easy task. The differences at frontocentral and parietal electrodes are consistent with previous studies ascribing activity in the prefrontal and parietal cortex as the source of top-down attentional control. Thus, we propose that stronger cognitive control is involved in the difficult task, resulting in a reduced behavioral NP conflict.

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An fMRI investigation into the neural mechanisms of spatial attentional selection in a location-based negative priming task

Cited by 24 publications

References 65 publications

Effective connectivity of the multiplication network: A functional MRI and multivariate granger causality mapping study

Effective connectivity of the multiplication network: A functional MRI and multivariate granger causality mapping study

The negative priming paradigm: An update and implications for selective attention

Electrophysiological evidence for cognitive control during conflict processing in visual spatial attention

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