eCite Digital Repository
Exploring the temporal dynamics of inhibition of return using steady-state visual evoked potentials
Citation
Lim, A and Janssen, SMJ and Satel, J, Exploring the temporal dynamics of inhibition of return using steady-state visual evoked potentials, Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 20, (6) pp. 1349-1364. ISSN 1530-7026 (2020) [Refereed Article]
Copyright Statement
Copyright 2020 The Psychonomic Society, Inc.
DOI: doi:10.3758/s13415-020-00846-w
Abstract
Inhibition of return is characterized by delayed responses to previously attended locations when the interval between stimuli is
long enough. The present study employed steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) as a measure of attentional modulation
to explore the nature and time course of input- and output-based inhibitory cueing mechanisms that each slow response times at
previously stimulated locations under different experimental conditions. The neural effects of behavioral inhibition were examined by comparing post-cue SSVEPs between cued and uncued locations measured across two tasks that differed only in the
response modality (saccadic or manual response to targets). Grand averages of SSVEP amplitudes for each condition showed a
reduction in amplitude at cued locations in the window of 100-500 ms post-cue, revealing an early, short-term decrease in the
responses of neurons that can be attributed to sensory adaptation, regardless of response modality. Because primary visual cortex
has been found to be one of the major sources of SSVEP signals, the results suggest that the SSVEP modulations observed were
caused by input-based inhibition that occurred in V1, or visual areas earlier than V1, as a consequence of reduced visual input
activity at previously cued locations. No SSVEP modulations were observed in either response condition late in the cue-target
interval, suggesting that neither late input- nor output-based IOR modulates SSVEPs. These findings provide further electrophysiological support for the theory of multiple mechanisms contributing to behavioral cueing effects.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | attention, inhibition of return, eye movements, input-based IOR, steady-state visual evoked potentials, EEG |
| Research Division: | Psychology |
| Research Group: | Biological psychology |
| Research Field: | Cognitive neuroscience |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
| UTAS Author: | Satel, J (Dr Jason Satel) |
| ID Code: | 142702 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2021-02-08 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-05-31 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page