December 2001
Volume 1, Issue 3
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Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract  |   December 2001
Effects of perceptual load and response interference on target selection in macaque frontal eye field
Author Affiliations
  • T. Sato
    Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
  • A. Murthy
    Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
  • K. G. Thompson
    Laboratory for Sensorimotor Research, NIH-NEI, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • J. D. Schall
    Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Journal of Vision December 2001, Vol.1, 264. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/1.3.264
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      T. Sato, A. Murthy, K. G. Thompson, J. D. Schall; Effects of perceptual load and response interference on target selection in macaque frontal eye field. Journal of Vision 2001;1(3):264. https://doi.org/10.1167/1.3.264.

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Abstract

Laboratory for Sensorimotor Research, NEI, NIH Abstract: We have described a neural correlate of a selection process in the frontal eye field (FEF) of macaque monkeys performing visual search. Two manipulations were used to evaluate the hypothesis that the time of target discrimination observed in FEF represents the outcome of encoding and selection and not saccade preparation. The first manipulation reduced search efficiency by increasing the visual similarity of the target and distractors. The second manipulation introduced response interference by requiring monkeys to respond to unexpected changes of the location of the target. Both manipulations increased response time. However, the time of target discrimination observed in visually responsive FEF neurons was affected by search efficiency but not by response interference. We conclude, therefore, that target selection by visual neurons in FEF corresponds to the outcome of the perceptual stage of processing and precedes response preparation.

Sato, T., Murthy, A., Thompson, K.G., Schall, J.D.(2001). Effects of perceptual load and response interference on target selection in macaque frontal eye field [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 1( 3): 264, 264a, http://journalofvision.org/1/3/264/, doi:10.1167/1.3.264. [CrossRef]
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