Attention Configures Synchronization Within Local Neuronal Networks for Processing of the Behaviorally Relevant Stimulus.

ABSTRACT: The need for fast and dynamic processing of relevant information imposes high demands onto the flexibility and efficiency of the nervous system. A good example for such flexibility is the attention-dependent selection of relevant sensory information. Studies investigating attentional modulations of neuronal responses to simultaneously arriving input showed that neurons respond, as if only the attended stimulus would be present within their receptive fields (RF). However, attention also improves neuronal representation and behavioral performance, when only one stimulus is present. Thus, attention serves for selecting relevant input and changes the neuronal processing of signals representing selected stimuli, ultimately leading to a more efficient behavioral performance. Here, we tested the

SUBMITTER: Drebitz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123385 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature