Title
Dissociation between process-based and data-based limitations for conscious perception in the human brain.
Abstract
Successful performance of a cognitive task depends upon both the quality of the sensory information and the processing resources available to perform that task. Thus, task performance can either be data-limited or process-limited (D. A. Norman and D. G. Bobrow, 1975). Using fMRI, we show that these conceptual distinctions are neurally dissociable: A parieto-frontal network involved in conscious perception is modulated by target interference manipulations that strain attentional processing, but not by equally difficult manipulations that limit the quality of target information. These results suggest that limitations imposed by processing capacity have distinct neural effects from those arising from the quality of sensory input, and provide empirical support for an influential neurobiological theory of consciousness (S. Dehaene, J.‐P. Changeux, L. Naccache, J. Sackur, and C. Sergent, 2006).
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.09.016
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
Process-limit,Data-limit,Attention,Consciousness,fMRI
Brain mapping,Nerve net,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Consciousness,Electromagnetic theories of consciousness,Cognition,Sensory system,Perception,Empirical research
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
64
1053-8119
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Suk Won Han120.40
René Marois2111.60