Title
Engagement of the prefrontal cortex in representational momentum: an fMRI study.
Abstract
Behavioral studies have identified a robust phenomenon that an observer's memory of the final position of a moving target is shifted a little further in its motion direction, which is usually called representational momentum (RM). However, the neural substrates underlying RM are poorly understood. The current study measured hemodynamic responses in association with RM using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Two experiments using block and event-related designs, respectively, were conducted in which subjects compared the orientation of a probe rectangle with the remembered orientation of the final inducing figures in a set of rotating rectangles. Both experiments showed that, relative to the control task in which behavioral data did not show RM effects, RM task induced stronger activation in the prefrontal cortex. However, no activation was found in MT/MST complex in association with RM. The fMRI results suggest that RM may not simply reflect implicit motion perception and high level cognitive mechanisms underpinned by the prefrontal cortex may be involved in the RM effect.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.05.016
NeuroImage
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Representational momentum,Implied motion perception,fMRI,Prefrontal cortex,MT/MST
Journal
23
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1053-8119
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hengyi Rao1969.41
Shihui Han213218.96
Yi Jiang3283.99
Yanping Xue420.74
Hua Gu500.34
Yong Cui611.04
Dingguo Gao701.35