Priming of first- and second-order motion: mechanisms and neural substrates. 2008

Gianluca Campana, and Andrea Pavan, and Clara Casco
Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Università di Padova, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padova, Italy. gianluca.campana@unipd.it

Priming for luminance-modulated (first-order) motion has been shown to rely on the functional integrity of visual area V5/MT [Campana, G., Cowey, A., & Walsh, V. (2002). Priming of motion direction and area V5/MT: A test of perceptual memory. Cerebral Cortex, 12, 663-669; Campana, G., Cowey, A., & Walsh, V. (2006). Visual area V5/MT remembers "what" but not "where". Cerebral Cortex, 16, 1766-1770]. The high retinotopical organization of this area would predict that direction priming is sensitive to spatial position. In order to test this hypothesis, and to see whether a similar priming mechanism also exists with second-order motion, we tested motion direction priming and its interaction with spatial position with both first- and second-order motion. Indeed, whereas a number of studies have pinpointed the specific mechanisms and neural substrates for these two kinds of motion perception that appear to be (partially) non-overlapping (i.e., Lu, Z. L., & Sperling, G. (2001). Three-systems theory of human visual motion perception: Review and update. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 18, 2331-2370; Vaina, L. M., & Soloviev, S. (2004). First-order and second-order motion: Neurological evidence for neuroanatomically distinct systems. Progress in Brain Research, 144, 197-212), the mechanisms and neural substrates mediating implicit memory for first- and second-order motion are still unknown. Our results indicate that priming for motion direction occurs not only with first-order but also with second-order motion. Priming for motion direction is position-sensitive both with first- and second-order motion, suggesting for both processes a locus of representation where retinotopicity is still maintained, that is within the V5/MT complex but earlier than MST. Cross-order motion priming also exists but is not sensitive to spatial position, suggesting that the locus where processing of first- and second-order motion converge is situated in MST or beyond.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D009039 Motion Perception The real or apparent movement of objects through the visual field. Movement Perception,Perception, Motion,Perception, Movement
D009474 Neurons The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM. Nerve Cells,Cell, Nerve,Cells, Nerve,Nerve Cell,Neuron
D010364 Pattern Recognition, Visual Mental process to visually perceive a critical number of facts (the pattern), such as characters, shapes, displays, or designs. Recognition, Visual Pattern,Visual Pattern Recognition
D010775 Photic Stimulation Investigative technique commonly used during ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY in which a series of bright light flashes or visual patterns are used to elicit brain activity. Stimulation, Photic,Visual Stimulation,Photic Stimulations,Stimulation, Visual,Stimulations, Photic,Stimulations, Visual,Visual Stimulations
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D003463 Cues Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a subject has learned to respond. Cue
D004192 Discrimination, Psychological Differential response to different stimuli. Discrimination, Psychology,Psychological Discrimination
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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