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Similar frontal and distinct posterior cortical regions mediate visual and auditory perceptual awareness
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1407-9288
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI).
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5227-8117
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI).
2007 (English)In: Cerebral Cortex, ISSN 1047-3211, E-ISSN 1460-2199, Vol. 17, no 4, p. 760-765Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Activity in ventral visual cortex is a consistent neural correlate of visual consciousness. However, activity in this area seems insufficient to produce awareness without additional involvement of frontoparietal regions. To test the generality of the frontoparietal response, neural correlates of auditory awareness were investigated in a paradigm that previously has revealed frontoparietal activity during conscious visual perception. A within-experiment comparison showed that frontal regions were related to both visual and auditory awareness, whereas parietal activity was correlated with visual awareness and superior temporal activity with auditory awareness. These results indicate that frontal regions interact with specific posterior regions to produce awareness in different sensory modalities.

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2007. Vol. 17, no 4, p. 760-765
Keywords [en]
auditory awareness, fMRI, parietal cortex, prefrontal cortex, visual awareness
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Neurosciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-2762DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhk029Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33947265607OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-2762DiVA, id: diva2:141026
Available from: 2007-11-13 Created: 2007-11-13 Last updated: 2023-03-24Bibliographically approved
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1. The conscious brain: Empirical investigations of the neural correlates of perceptual awareness
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The conscious brain: Empirical investigations of the neural correlates of perceptual awareness
2007 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Although consciousness has been studied since ancient time, how the brain implements consciousness is still considered a great mystery by most. This thesis investigates the neural correlates of consciousness by measuring brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while specific contents of consciousness are defined and maintained in various experimental settings. Study 1 showed that the brain works differently when creating a new conscious percept compared to when maintaining the same percept over time. Specifically, sensory and fronto-parietal regions were activated for both conditions but with different activation patterns within these regions. This distinction between creating and maintaining a conscious percept was further supported by Study 2, which in addition showed that there are both differences and similarities in how the brain works when defining a visual compared to an auditory percept. In particular, frontal cortex was commonly activated while posterior cortical activity was modality specific. Study 3 showed that task difficulty influenced the degree of frontal and parietal cortex involvement, such that fronto-parietal activity decreased as a function of ease of identification. This is interpreted as evidence of the non-necessity of these regions for conscious perception in situations where the stimuli are distinct and apparent. Based on these results a model is proposed where sensory regions interact with controlling regions to enable conscious perception. The amount and type of required interaction depend on stimuli and task characteristics, to the extent that higher-order cortical involvement may not be required at all for easily recognizable stimuli.

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Umeå: Psykologi, 2007. p. 68
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Umeå studies in cognitive science, ISSN 1654-2568 ; 4
Keywords
consciousness, visual perception, object identification, functional neuroimaging, top-down processing, prefrontal cortex, auditory perception
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Neurosciences
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1430 (URN)978-91-7264-457-1 (ISBN)
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2007-12-07, MA 121, MIT-huset, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, 10:15
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Available from: 2007-11-13 Created: 2007-11-13 Last updated: 2018-01-13Bibliographically approved

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