Action Preparation Shapes Processing in Early Visual Cortex
Tjerk P. Gutteling,Natalia Petridou,Serge O. Dumoulin,Ben M. Harvey,Erik J. Aarnoutse,J. Leon Kenemans,Sebastian F W Neggers +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that preparation of actions, even without execution, modulates relevant neuronal populations in early visual areas and Anterior parietal cortex showed clearest modulation for actual movements.
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Abstract: Preparation for an action, such as grasping an object, is accompanied by an enhanced perception of the object's action-relevant features, such as orientation and size. Cortical feedback from motor planning areas to early visual areas may drive this enhanced perception. To examine whether action preparation modulates activity in early human visual cortex, subjects grasped or pointed to oriented objects while high-resolution fMRI data were acquired. Using multivoxel pattern analysis techniques, we could decode with >70% accuracy whether a grasping or pointing action was prepared from signals in visual cortex as early as V1. These signals in early visual cortex were observed even when actions were only prepared but not executed. Anterior parietal cortex, on the other hand, showed clearest modulation for actual movements. This demonstrates that preparation of actions, even without execution, modulates relevant neuronal populations in early visual areas.
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