Human visual consciousness involves large scale cortical and subcortical networks independent of task report and eye movement activity
Kronemer S, Aksen M, Ding J, Ryu J, Xin Q, Ding Z, Prince J, Kwon H, Khalaf A, Forman S, Jin D, Wang K, Chen K, Hu C, Agarwal A, Saberski E, Wafa S, Morgan O, Wu J, Christison-Lagay K, Hasulak N, Morrell M, Urban A, Todd Constable R, Pitts M, Mark Richardson R, Crowley M, Blumenfeld H. Human visual consciousness involves large scale cortical and subcortical networks independent of task report and eye movement activity. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7342. PMID: 36446792, PMCID: PMC9707162, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35117-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcortical networksConscious visual perceptionVisual perception taskNeurophysiology of consciousnessExecutive control networkMajor brain networksDefault mode networkFrontal eye fieldOvert reportPerception taskVisual consciousnessConscious perceptionFusiform cortexVisual perceptionAnterior insulaConscious experienceSalience networkBrain networksMode networkAnterior cingulateEye fieldTask reportControl networkFMRI changesNeural circuitsMore than a feeling: Scalp EEG and eye signals in conscious tactile perception
Gusso MM, Christison-Lagay KL, Zuckerman D, Chandrasekaran G, Kronemer SI, Ding JZ, Freedman NC, Nohama P, Blumenfeld H. More than a feeling: Scalp EEG and eye signals in conscious tactile perception. Consciousness And Cognition 2022, 105: 103411. PMID: 36156359, DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEye metricsHigh-density scalp EEGConscious tactile perceptionPerception taskReport taskNeural basisConscious perceptionPhysiological arousalVisual stimuliMicrosaccade rateTactile perceptionTactile stimuliScalp EEGSensory perceptionP300 eventEye signalsPerceptionPresent behaviorPupil diameterStimuliTaskEmpirical studyEEGConsciousnessNeuroscience