Fast backprojections from the motion to the primary visual area necessary for visual awareness. Export

@article{PascualLeoneWalsh01, abstract = {Much is known about the pathways from photoreceptors to higher visual areas in the brain. However, how we become aware of what we see or of having seen at all is a problem that has eluded neuroscience. Recordings from macaque V1 during deactivation of MT+/V5 and psychophysical studies of perceptual integration suggest that feedback from secondary visual areas to V1 is necessary for visual awareness. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation to probe the timing and function of feedback from human area MT+/V5 to V1 and found its action to be early and critical for awareness of visual motion.}, address = {Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Kirstein Hall KS454, Boston MA 02115, USA.}, author = {Pascual-Leone, A. and Walsh, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {939989}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1057099}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/292/5516/510}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11313497}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11313497}, day = {20}, doi = {10.1126/science.1057099}, issn = {0036-8075}, journal = {Science (New York, N.Y.)}, keywords = {cognitive-architecture, consciousness, perception, psychology, tms, vision}, month = {April}, number = {5516}, pages = {510--512}, posted-at = {2009-05-20 14:35:34}, priority = {0}, title = {Fast backprojections from the motion to the primary visual area necessary for visual awareness.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1057099}, volume = {292}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - PascualLeoneWalsh01 L3 - citeulike-article-id:939989 N2 - Much is known about the pathways from photoreceptors to higher visual areas in the brain. However, how we become aware of what we see or of having seen at all is a problem that has eluded neuroscience. Recordings from macaque V1 during deactivation of MT+/V5 and psychophysical studies of perceptual integration suggest that feedback from secondary visual areas to V1 is necessary for visual awareness. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation to probe the timing and function of feedback from human area MT+/V5 to V1 and found its action to be early and critical for awareness of visual motion. IS - 5516 JF - Science (New York, N.Y.) SN - 0036-8075 AD - Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Kirstein Hall KS454, Boston MA 02115, USA. EP - 512 TI - Fast backprojections from the motion to the primary visual area necessary for visual awareness. VL - 292 SP - 510 KW - cognitive-architecture KW - consciousness KW - perception KW - psychology KW - tms KW - vision AU - Pascual-Leone, A AU - Walsh, V PY - 2001/04/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1057099 ER -