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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 2001, 21(11):3942-3948
Transient Interhemispheric Neuronal Synchrony Correlates with
Object Recognition
Tatsuya
Mima,
Tomi
Oluwatimilehin,
Taizo
Hiraoka, and
Mark
Hallett
Human Motor Control Section, Medical Neurology Branch, National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1428
Object recognition might be achieved by the recreation of a
meaningful internal image from visual fragments. This recreation might
be achieved by neuronal synchronization that has been proposed as a
solution for the perceptual binding problem. In this study, we
evaluated synchronization between the occipitotemporal regions bilaterally using electroencephalograms during several visual recognition tasks. Conscious recognition of familiar objects spanning the visual midline induced transient interhemispheric
electroencephalographic coherence in the band, which did not occur
with meaningless objects or with passive viewing. Moreover, there was
no interhemispheric coherence when midline objects were not recognized
as meaningful or when familiar objects were presented in one visual
hemifield. These data suggest a close link between site-specific
interregional synchronization and object recognition.
Key words:
object recognition; neuronal synchronization; EEG; interhemispheric coherence; perceptual binding; visual recognition
task
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21113942-07$05.00/0
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