The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node

Ilaria Sani; Heiko Stemmann; Bradley Caron; Daniel Bullock; Torsten Stemmler; Manfred Fahle; Franco Pestilli; Winrich A. Freiwald

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20583-5

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node

Ilaria Sani,
Heiko Stemmann,
Bradley Caron,
Daniel Bullock,
Torsten Stemmler,
Manfred Fahle,
Franco Pestilli,
Winrich A. Freiwald

Affiliations

Ilaria Sani: Laboratory of Neural Systems, The Rockefeller University
Heiko Stemmann: Institute for Brain Research and Center for Advanced Imaging, University of Bremen
Bradley Caron: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Daniel Bullock: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Torsten Stemmler: Institute for Brain Research and Center for Advanced Imaging, University of Bremen
Manfred Fahle: Institute for Brain Research and Center for Advanced Imaging, University of Bremen
Franco Pestilli: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Winrich A. Freiwald: Laboratory of Neural Systems, The Rockefeller University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20583-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Endogenous attention is known to be controlled by dorsal fronto-parietal brain areas. Here the authors identify a control attention area located in the temporal lobe, which is functionally distinct from surrounding areas, and is directly connected to parietal and frontal attentional regions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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