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Attention to memory and the environment: functional specialization and dynamic competition in human posterior parietal cortex.


ABSTRACT: Posterior parietal cortex has been traditionally associated with perceptual attention and sensory-motor processing, but recent studies also indicate a potential role in episodic memory retrieval. Here, we developed a new paradigm to isolate top-down attention-related activity directed to either memory or perceptual information. We demonstrated a robust topographic separation in human posterior parietal cortex associated with searching for task-relevant information in episodic memory or in the environment. Control analyses confirmed that this difference was not dependent on differences in sensory stimulation or eye movements across tasks. Notably, we observed in memory- and perception-related regions a mechanism of reciprocal dynamic competition that was related to behavioral performance. These results provide the first evidence for a double dissociation between parietal networks involved in top-down attention to memory and the environment and support the idea of neural competition between perception and memory.

SUBMITTER: Sestieri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2906749 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Attention to memory and the environment: functional specialization and dynamic competition in human posterior parietal cortex.

Sestieri Carlo C   Shulman Gordon L GL   Corbetta Maurizio M  

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20100601 25


Posterior parietal cortex has been traditionally associated with perceptual attention and sensory-motor processing, but recent studies also indicate a potential role in episodic memory retrieval. Here, we developed a new paradigm to isolate top-down attention-related activity directed to either memory or perceptual information. We demonstrated a robust topographic separation in human posterior parietal cortex associated with searching for task-relevant information in episodic memory or in the en  ...[more]

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