A double dissociation between sensitivity to changes in object identity and object orientation in the ventral and dorsal visual streams: A human fMRI study
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In: Neuropsychologia, Vol. 44, No. 2, 02.2006, p. 218-28.
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T1 - A double dissociation between sensitivity to changes in object identity and object orientation in the ventral and dorsal visual streams
T2 - A human fMRI study
AU - Valyear, Kenneth F
AU - Culham, Jody C
AU - Sharif, Nadder
AU - Westwood, David
AU - Goodale, Melvyn A
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - We used an event-related fMR-adaptation paradigm to investigate changes in BOLD activity in the dorsal and ventral visual streams as a function of object identity and object orientation. Participants viewed successive paired images of real-world, graspable objects, separated by a visual mask. The second image of each pair was either: (i) the same as the first image, (ii) different only in identity, (iii) different only in orientation, or (iv) different in both identity and orientation. A region in the parieto-occipital cortex (dorsal stream) showed a selective increase in BOLD activity with changes in object orientation, but was insensitive to changes in object identity. In contrast, a region in the temporo-occipital cortex (ventral stream) showed a selective increase in activity with changes in identity, but was insensitive to changes in orientation. The differential sensitivity to orientation and identity is consistent with the idea that the dorsal stream plays a critical role in the visual control of object-directed actions while the ventral stream plays a critical role in object perception.
AB - We used an event-related fMR-adaptation paradigm to investigate changes in BOLD activity in the dorsal and ventral visual streams as a function of object identity and object orientation. Participants viewed successive paired images of real-world, graspable objects, separated by a visual mask. The second image of each pair was either: (i) the same as the first image, (ii) different only in identity, (iii) different only in orientation, or (iv) different in both identity and orientation. A region in the parieto-occipital cortex (dorsal stream) showed a selective increase in BOLD activity with changes in object orientation, but was insensitive to changes in object identity. In contrast, a region in the temporo-occipital cortex (ventral stream) showed a selective increase in activity with changes in identity, but was insensitive to changes in orientation. The differential sensitivity to orientation and identity is consistent with the idea that the dorsal stream plays a critical role in the visual control of object-directed actions while the ventral stream plays a critical role in object perception.
KW - Brain Mapping
KW - Evoked Potentials, Visual
KW - Female
KW - Form Perception
KW - Humans
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Male
KW - Mental Processes
KW - Occipital Lobe
KW - Orientation
KW - Parietal Lobe
KW - Pattern Recognition, Visual
KW - Reference Values
KW - Saccades
KW - Visual Pathways
KW - Clinical Trial
KW - Comparative Study
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.05.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 15955539
VL - 44
SP - 218
EP - 228
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
IS - 2
ER -