The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node

Article Article scientifique Article The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node eng 2021 author Sani Ilaria 949823 author Stemmann Heiko author Caron Bradley author Bullock Daniel author Stemmler Torsten author Fahle Manfred author Pestilli Franco author Freiwald Winrich A. 360 10.1038/s41467-020-20583-5 33452252 2041-1723 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20583-5 Endogenous attention is the cognitive function that selects the relevant pieces of sensory information to achieve goals and it is known to be controlled by dorsal fronto-parietal brain areas. Here we expand this notion by identifying a control attention area located in the temporal lobe. By combining a demanding behavioral paradigm with functional neuroimaging and diffusion tractography, we show that like fronto-parietal attentional areas, the human posterior inferotemporal cortex exhibits significant attentional modulatory activity. This area is functionally distinct from surrounding cortical areas, and is directly connected to parietal and frontal attentional regions. These results show that attentional control spans three cortical lobes and overarches large distances through fiber pathways that run orthogonally to the dominant anterior-posterior axes of sensory processing, thus suggesting a different organizing principle for cognitive control. Dewey 616.8 53 Département de neurosciences fondamentales 21A false 428 Mécanismes cérébraux du comportement et des fonctions cognitives 701 Nature Communications 12 1 fcb05342-0d8d-425a-a180-acd183c5b0d8 Article (Published version) Public Sani_et_al_2021.pdf 4331949 application/pdf CC BY 2cca1cc5-2205-44ae-a84a-dd43189ae489 Supplemental data Public 41467_2020_20583_MOESM1_ESM-1.pdf 2055033 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de neurosciences fondamentales

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