2008
Modulation of the spatial attention network by incentives in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment
Bagurdes LA, Mesulam MM, Gitelman DR, Weintraub S, Small DM. Modulation of the spatial attention network by incentives in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychologia 2008, 46: 2943-2948. PMID: 18602410, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAgingAnalysis of VarianceAttentionCase-Control StudiesCerebral CortexCognition DisordersDementiaDiscrimination, PsychologicalHumansLimbic SystemMagnetic Resonance ImagingMatched-Pair AnalysisMiddle AgedMotivationReaction TimeReference ValuesRewardSeverity of Illness IndexSpace PerceptionConceptsSpatial attentionSpatial attention networkAttentional shiftsMild cognitive impairmentAttention networkHealthy agingOrbitofrontal cortexCovert attention taskSelective spatial attentionCognitive impairmentUnderlying neural circuitryAD-related declineAttention taskSelective attentionEmotional contentOFC activationPCC activationSpatial cuesSecondary reinforcerInfluence of incentivesPosterior cingulateNeural circuitryNovel eventsCurrent experimentsBehavioral effects
2005
Monetary Incentives Enhance Processing in Brain Regions Mediating Top-down Control of Attention
Small DM, Gitelman D, Simmons K, Bloise SM, Parrish T, Mesulam M. Monetary Incentives Enhance Processing in Brain Regions Mediating Top-down Control of Attention. Cerebral Cortex 2005, 15: 1855-1865. PMID: 15746002, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial expectancyVisual spatial attentionNon-directional cuesCurrent behavioral goalsControl of attentionTarget detection taskFaster reaction timesInferior parietal lobulePosterior cingulate cortexDifferent incentive conditionsValid cuesCentral cuesSpatial attentionMotivational mechanismsNeural processingMotivational incentivesUnimodal cortexBehavioral goalsLimbic mechanismsParietal lobuleAttention networkDetection taskCingulate cortexRelationship of activationIncentive conditions