Multi-target attention and visual short-term memory capacity are closely linked in the intraparietal sulcus.

ABSTRACT: The existing literature suggests a critical role for both the right intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and the right temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) in our ability to attend to multiple simultaneously-presented lateralized targets (multi-target attention), and the failure of this ability in extinction patients. Currently, however, the precise role of each of these areas in multi-target attention is unclear. In this study, we combined the theory of visual attention (TVA) with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) guided continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) in neurologically healthy subjects to directly investigate the role of the right IPS and TPJ in multi-target attention. Our results show that cTBS at an area of the right IPS associated with multi-target attention elicits a reduction

SUBMITTER: Praß M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6767774 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature