May 2008
Volume 8, Issue 6
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Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Cortical dynamics of bistable form/motion binding: fMRI and eye movements
Author Affiliations
  • Jean Lorenceau
    Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie Cérébrale, LENA-UPR640 CNRS, UPMC
  • Anne-Lise Paradis
    Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie Cérébrale, LENA-UPR640 CNRS, UPMC
  • Cédric Lamirel
    Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie Cérébrale, LENA-UPR640 CNRS, UPMC
  • Jean-Baptiste Poline
    Neurospin-CEA
  • Eric Artiges
    Neurospin-CEA
  • Bertrand Thirion
    Neurospin-CEA
  • Anne Caclin
    INSERM U280, Lyon, France
Journal of Vision May 2008, Vol.8, 1105. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/8.6.1105
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      Jean Lorenceau, Anne-Lise Paradis, Cédric Lamirel, Jean-Baptiste Poline, Eric Artiges, Bertrand Thirion, Anne Caclin; Cortical dynamics of bistable form/motion binding: fMRI and eye movements. Journal of Vision 2008;8(6):1105. https://doi.org/10.1167/8.6.1105.

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Abstract

Recovering meaningful objects from the elementary retinal samples of a visual scene involves a cascade of binding processes unfolding along a visual hierarchy that splits into a dorsal and a ventral stream, each functionally specialized for the analysis of motion and form. Unified perception of moving forms thus requires interactions between these streams, but the nature and function of these interactions remain elusive. We address this issue using fMRI together with 3 versions of bistable moving ‘aperture’ stimuli whose interpretation fluctuates between a whole moving shape (bound state) and the independent motion of its parts (unbound state). We identified a dynamic balance of BOLD activity between dorsal and ventral visual areas tightly correlated with the dynamics of perceptual alternations: A transition towards a bound state is followed by a BOLD activation in V1 & LOC and a deactivation in hMT+. In contrast, a transition towards an unbound state entails a BOLD activation in hMT+, and a reduced activity in the LOC. During bound states, this network extends to V1, V2 & V3 suggesting the progressive involvement of recurrent LOC/V1/V2/V3 loops. This extended network is not seen during unbound states. Importantly, spontaneous alternations with unchanging stimuli and perceptual alternations induced by periodic changes of luminance, motion noise or shape, known to control form/motion binding, entail a similar network dynamics. Analyses of eye movements indicate that saccades and blinks are more frequent before transitions although overall too rare to account for BOLD contrasts. Altogether, these results suggest that ventral areas provide constraints to select motion components to be bound into a single motion within dorsal areas.

Lorenceau, J. Paradis, A.-L. Lamirel, C. Poline, J.-B. Artiges, E. Thirion, B. Caclin, A. (2008). Cortical dynamics of bistable form/motion binding: fMRI and eye movements [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 8(6):1105, 1105a, http://journalofvision.org/8/6/1105/, doi:10.1167/8.6.1105. [CrossRef]
Footnotes
 Supported by French Ministry of Research (ACI) “Cognitive Neuroscience” to JL.
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