Differences in Rhythmic Neural Activity Supporting the Temporal and Spatial Cueing of Attention.

ABSTRACT: The neural processes serving the orienting of attention toward goal-relevant stimuli are generally examined with informative cues that direct visual attention to a spatial location. However, cues predicting the temporal emergence of an object are also known to be effective in attentional orienting but are implemented less often. Differences in the neural oscillatory dynamics supporting these divergent types of attentional orienting have only rarely been examined. In this study, we utilized magnetoencephalography and an adapted Posner cueing task to investigate the spectral specificity of neural oscillations underlying these different types of attentional orienting (i.e., spatial vs. temporal). We found a spectral dissociation of attentional cueing, such that alpha (10-16 Hz) oscillations w

SUBMITTER: Meehan CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491686 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature