Presentation 2 Flashcards

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Slide 1: Intro

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My name is Gitanjali Sharma and today I will be doing a presentation on a paper called the Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Feature-Based Attention by Schoenfeld et al., (2007)

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Slide 2 - what is feature-based attention? - (2)

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  • Objects are generally defined by their collection of the features they have
  • Feature-based attention involves selectively attending to features of a visual stimulus such as their colour, brightness, motion, size or shape.
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Slide 2 - what was the aim of the study?

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  • The aim of Schoenfeld et al’s study was to combine both event-related potentials (EEG) and event-related fields ( ;MEG) with recordings from fMRI to investigate the neural correlates as well as the time course of feature-based attention.
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Slide 2 - what was the procedure of the study? - (11)

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  • The procedure for this study is seen in figure below in which…:
    • In each blocks of the experimental trials began with a cue indicating the stimulus feature to be attended which was motion (M) or colour (C).
  • The dots were stationery in the interstimulus interval and then dots would move to the right or would change colour for 300ms.
  • The motion and colour stimuli were presented in a random order in the experiment
  • For each feature, there were 2 alternate stimuli:
  • For motion stimuli, the dots either fast or slow moving to the right
  • For colour stimuli, the dots either had a red or orange colour change.
  • Pps were instructed in the experiment to press a button as quickly as possible upon detecting fast motion when motion was attended feature or the orange colour change when colour was attended feature.
  • They compared the participants’ response to movement trials when motion was attended and unattended
  • They also compared participants’ responses to colour trials when colour was attended and unattended
  • There was 4 stimulus conditions x 2 attention conditions so 8 different experimental conditions altogether .
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Slide 3 - fMRI results - (3)

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  • The results from the fMRI recordings show that attending to colour increased the activity in V4 (in the posterior fusiform gyrus) as compared to not attending to colour
  • Attending to motion increased activity in V5 as compared to not attending
  • These activations of V4 and V5 were bilateral so happening on both sides of the hemispheres of the brain (point to the screen)
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Slide 4 - EEG MEG Results - (3)

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  • The results from the event-related potentials as well as event-related fields from EEG and MEG showed that:
  • The difference between the attending to motion (red) vs unattending (blue) was significant at approximately 110 to 120 milliseconds- point to screen
  • Additionally, the difference between attending to colour (Red) vs unattending (blue) waveforms was significantly at approximately the time range of 90 to 110 milliseconds = point to screen
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Slide 5 - Conclusion - (5)

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  • In conclusion, this study provides evidence for the neural correlates of feature-based attention
  • The study showed that attention to features leads to an increased response in its expected and relevant regions (motion its MT or V5 and colour its V4)
  • They also used EEG/MEG to provide temporal information (when activation is happening)
  • In this study, they found selectively attending to motion and colour began early (around 100 ms after stimulis onset), other studies showed that spatial attention (attending to a stimuli at a specific location) begins even earlier around 70 milliseconds after stimulus onset.
  • Overall it shows that there are different underlying processes involved in spatial and feature based attention.
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