RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Stimulus Predictability Reduces Responses in Primary Visual Cortex
JF The Journal of Neuroscience
JO J. Neurosci.
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP 2960
OP 2966
DO 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3730-10.2010
VO 30
IS 8
A1 Alink, Arjen
A1 Schwiedrzik, Caspar M.
A1 Kohler, Axel
A1 Singer, Wolf
A1 Muckli, Lars
YR 2010
UL http://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/8/2960.abstract
AB In this functional magnetic resonance imaging study we tested whether the predictability of stimuli affects responses in primary visual cortex (V1). The results of this study indicate that visual stimuli evoke smaller responses in V1 when their onset or motion direction can be predicted from the dynamics of surrounding illusory motion. We conclude from this finding that the human brain anticipates forthcoming sensory input that allows predictable visual stimuli to be processed with less neural activation at early stages of cortical processing.