Evidence Accumulation and the Moment of Recognition: Dissociating Perceptual Recognition Processes Using fMRI Export

@article{citeulike:4879279, abstract = {Decision making can be conceptualized as the culmination of an integrative process in which evidence supporting different response options accumulates gradually over time. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate brain activity leading up to and during decisions about perceptual object identity. Pictures were revealed gradually and subjects signaled the time of recognition (TR) with a button press. We examined the time course of TR-dependent activity to determine how brain regions tracked the timing of recognition. In several occipital regions, activity increased primarily as stimulus information increased, suggesting a role in lower-level sensory processing. In inferior temporal, frontal, and parietal regions, a gradual buildup in activity peaking in correspondence with TR suggested that these regions participated in the accumulation of evidence supporting object identity. In medial frontal cortex, anterior insula/frontal operculum, and thalamus, activity remained near baseline until TR, suggesting a relation to the moment of recognition or the decision itself. The findings dissociate neural processes that function in concert during perceptual recognition decisions. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3522-07.2007}, author = {Ploran, Elisabeth J. and Nelson, Steven M. and Velanova, Katerina and Donaldson, David I. and Petersen, Steven E. and Wheeler, Mark E.}, citeulike-article-id = {4879279}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3522-07.2007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/44/11912}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17978031}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17978031}, day = {31}, doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3522-07.2007}, issn = {1529-2401}, journal = {J. Neurosci.}, keywords = {accumulation-of-evidence, fmri, gem-for-design, mpfc, parietal}, month = {October}, number = {44}, pages = {11912--11924}, posted-at = {2009-07-08 22:12:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Evidence Accumulation and the Moment of Recognition: Dissociating Perceptual Recognition Processes Using fMRI}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3522-07.2007}, volume = {27}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4879279 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4879279 N2 - Decision making can be conceptualized as the culmination of an integrative process in which evidence supporting different response options accumulates gradually over time. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate brain activity leading up to and during decisions about perceptual object identity. Pictures were revealed gradually and subjects signaled the time of recognition (TR) with a button press. We examined the time course of TR-dependent activity to determine how brain regions tracked the timing of recognition. In several occipital regions, activity increased primarily as stimulus information increased, suggesting a role in lower-level sensory processing. In inferior temporal, frontal, and parietal regions, a gradual buildup in activity peaking in correspondence with TR suggested that these regions participated in the accumulation of evidence supporting object identity. In medial frontal cortex, anterior insula/frontal operculum, and thalamus, activity remained near baseline until TR, suggesting a relation to the moment of recognition or the decision itself. The findings dissociate neural processes that function in concert during perceptual recognition decisions. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3522-07.2007 IS - 44 JF - J. Neurosci. SN - 1529-2401 EP - 11924 TI - Evidence Accumulation and the Moment of Recognition: Dissociating Perceptual Recognition Processes Using fMRI VL - 27 SP - 11912 KW - accumulation-of-evidence KW - fmri KW - gem-for-design KW - mpfc KW - parietal AU - Ploran, Elisabeth AU - Nelson, Steven AU - Velanova, Katerina AU - Donaldson, David AU - Petersen, Steven AU - Wheeler, Mark PY - 2007/10/31/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3522-07.2007 ER -