Preliminary report on the association between pulvinar volume and the ability to detect backward-masked facial features.
Preliminary report on the association between pulvinar volume and the ability to detect backward-masked facial features.
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10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.10.034
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发表时间：
2019-05
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2.6
通讯作者：
Whalen PJ
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作者：
Kim MJ;Mattek AM;Burr DA;Whalen PJ
Although backward masking is a powerful experimental tool in mitigating visual awareness of facial expressions of emotion, ∼20% of participants consistently report being resistant to its effects. In our previous studies, we excluded these participants from analysis as we focused on neural data in individuals who were subjectively unaware of backward-masked facial features that were presented for a brief period of time (e.g., 17 ms). Here, we shifted our focus to potential structural brain difference between aware and unaware participants. To achieve this, structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data were pooled from two recent backward masking studies of emotional faces or eye whites. Out of a total of 64 participants, 12 reported being subjectively aware of the masked faces or their facial features. Whole-brain, voxel-based morphometric analysis of structural MRI data yielded significantly greater volume of the posterior thalamus, including the bilateral pulvinar, for the subjectively aware versus unaware individuals. No other brain region showed significant volumetric differences between groups. The present findings offer a neuroanatomical basis for visual awareness of emotional content in the form of backward-masked facial features, which complements the known functional role of the pulvinar in such neurobehavioral processes.
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