NDLI: “Touched” by Light: Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) to Visuo-Haptic Stimuli in Peri-Personal Space

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Author	Simon Dack, Stephanie Lynn Cummings, Sara Elizabeth Reetz, Daniel James Alvarez Vazquez, Enrique Gu, Huanzhong Teder Sälejärvi, Wolfgang Alexander
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Parietal neuronal populations have been found which respond bimodally to visual and somatosensory input regarding one’s own limbs or even perceived haptic input of a false limb (Graziano et al., Science 290:1782–1785, 2000). Further, neuronal populations have been observed which respond preferentially to visual stimuli presented in spatial congruence with our hands (Graziano, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:10418–10421, 1999). In this study, we examined event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by laser dots projected onto or above participants’ index and middle fingers during a sustained-attention task. We hypothesized that visual stimuli projected onto the hand would elicit differences in ERP deflections related to sensory gating and categorization in comparison to when projected close to the hand. Participants responded via a footswitch to rare target flashes of light occurring on or directly above the middle finger of the attended hand. We found enhanced amplitudes of the N1 and P3 deflections when the stimuli fell onto the finger tips as opposed to above them. Furthermore, the N1 for unattended stimuli was less suppressed when the lasers were projected onto the fingers. Behaviorally, participants were less accurate to targets when the lasers fell onto the fingers. We conclude that when the lasers appear to “touch” the participants, they act to automatically draw participants’ attention. Thus visual stimuli projected onto the fingers of the ‘unattended’ hand are harder to filter out, leading to decreases in accuracy during task performance.
Starting Page	261
Ending Page	268
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08960267
Journal	Brain Topography
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	3-4
e-ISSN	15736792
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-04-29
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Multisensory Visuo-haptic Body schema Event-related potentials (ERPs) Attention Neurology Psychiatry Neurosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology Anatomy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Neurology (clinical) Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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