Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information

Abstract The orientation of a visual grating can be decoded from human primary visual cortex (V1) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at conventional resolutions (2–3 mm voxel width, 3T scanner). It is unclear to what extent this information originates from different spatial scales of...

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Autores principales: Arjen Alink, Alexander Walther, Alexandra Krugliak, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d6b7c509d52343e1b5b4e0610772ad392021-12-02T11:40:42ZLocal opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information10.1038/s41598-017-07036-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/d6b7c509d52343e1b5b4e0610772ad392017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07036-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The orientation of a visual grating can be decoded from human primary visual cortex (V1) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at conventional resolutions (2–3 mm voxel width, 3T scanner). It is unclear to what extent this information originates from different spatial scales of neuronal selectivity, ranging from orientation columns to global areal maps. According to the global-areal-map account, fMRI orientation decoding relies exclusively on fMRI voxels in V1 exhibiting a radial or vertical preference. Here we show, by contrast, that 2-mm isotropic voxels in a small patch of V1 within a quarterfield representation exhibit reliable opposite selectivities. Sets of voxels with opposite selectivities are locally intermingled and each set can support orientation decoding. This indicates that global areal maps cannot fully account for orientation information in fMRI and demonstrates that fMRI also reflects fine-grained patterns of neuronal selectivity.Arjen AlinkAlexander WaltherAlexandra KrugliakNikolaus KriegeskorteNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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Arjen Alink
Alexander Walther
Alexandra Krugliak
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
description Abstract The orientation of a visual grating can be decoded from human primary visual cortex (V1) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at conventional resolutions (2–3 mm voxel width, 3T scanner). It is unclear to what extent this information originates from different spatial scales of neuronal selectivity, ranging from orientation columns to global areal maps. According to the global-areal-map account, fMRI orientation decoding relies exclusively on fMRI voxels in V1 exhibiting a radial or vertical preference. Here we show, by contrast, that 2-mm isotropic voxels in a small patch of V1 within a quarterfield representation exhibit reliable opposite selectivities. Sets of voxels with opposite selectivities are locally intermingled and each set can support orientation decoding. This indicates that global areal maps cannot fully account for orientation information in fMRI and demonstrates that fMRI also reflects fine-grained patterns of neuronal selectivity.
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author Arjen Alink
Alexander Walther
Alexandra Krugliak
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
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Alexander Walther
Alexandra Krugliak
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
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title Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
title_short Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
title_full Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
title_fullStr Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
title_full_unstemmed Local opposite orientation preferences in V1: fMRI sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
title_sort local opposite orientation preferences in v1: fmri sensitivity to fine-grained pattern information
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