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The Journal of Neuroscience, May 15, 1998, 18(10):3816-3830
The Processing of First- and Second-Order Motion in Human
Visual Cortex Assessed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(fMRI)
Andrew T.
Smith2,
Mark
W.
Greenlee1,
Krish D.
Singh2,
Falk M.
Kraemer1, and
Jürgen
Hennig1
1 Neurologische und Radiologische
Universitätskliniken, Freiburg 79106, Germany, and
2 Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway College,
University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
We have examined the activity levels produced in various areas of
the human occipital cortex in response to various motion stimuli using
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods. In addition to
standard luminance-defined (first-order) motion, three types of
second-order motion were used. The areas examined were the motion area
V5 (MT) and the following areas that were delineated using retinotopic
mapping procedures: V1, V2, V3, VP, V3A, and a new area that we refer
to as V3B. Area V5 is strongly activated by second-order as well as by
first-order motion. This activation is highly motion-specific. Areas V1
and V2 give good responses to all motion stimuli, but the activity
seems to be related primarily to the local spatial and temporal
structure in the image rather than to motion processing. Area V3 and
its ventral counterpart VP also respond well to all our stimuli and show a slightly greater degree of motion specificity than do V1 and V2.
Unlike V1 and V2, the response in V3 and VP is significantly greater
for second-order motion than for first-order motion. This trend is
evident, but less marked, in V3A and V3B and absent in V5. The results
are consistent with the hypothesis that first-order motion sensitivity
arises in V1, that second-order motion is first represented explicitly
in V3 and VP, and that V5 (and perhaps also V3A and V3B) is involved in
further processing of motion information, including the integration of
motion signals of the two types.
Key words:
vision; motion perception; second-order motion; visual
cortex; brain mapping; neuroimaging; fMRI
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18103816-15$05.00/0
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