Encoding of complex motion patterns in area MST of macaque visual cortex and its attentional modulation by the frontal lobe

Stefan Treue研究了注意力在处理视觉运动信息中的作用。本项目的重点将是研究恒河猴视觉皮层背侧中上颞区(MSTd)在信息从初级视觉皮质流向额叶高级非感觉区中的功能作用。这将通过对MSTD反应特性的感觉和注意方面的详细研究来实现，特别是对线性和螺旋运动模式以及感受场结构的反应。在本项目的后期阶段，将研究MSTd与额叶眼场(FEF)和背外侧前额叶皮质(DlPFC)的相互作用，以努力了解MSTd注意调制的来源和控制。

Stefan Treue investigates the role of attention in processing visual motion information. The focus of this project will be to investigate the functional role of dorsal medio-superior temporal area (MSTd) in the visual cortex of rhesus monkeys in the flow of information from primary visual cortex to higher non-sensory areas in the frontal lobe. This will be achieved by detailed investigations of the sensory and attentional aspects of the response properties of MSTd, particularly to linear and spiral motion patterns and in terms of the receptive field structure. In the later phase of this project the interactions of MSTd with the frontal eye field (FEF) and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) will be investigated in an effort to understand the source and control of attentional modulations in MSTd.