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@ARTICLE{Vossel:861621,
author = {Vossel, Simone and Mathys, C. and Daunizeau, J. and Bauer,
M. and Driver, J. and Friston, K. J. and Stephan, K. E.},
title = {{S}patial attention, precision, and {B}ayesian inference:
{A} study of saccadic response speed},
journal = {Cerebral cortex},
volume = {24},
number = {6},
issn = {1047-3211},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-02067},
pages = {1436-1450},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Inferring the environment's statistical structure and
adapting behavior accordingly is a fundamental modus
operandi of the brain. A simple form of this faculty based
on spatial attentional orienting can be studied with
Posner's location-cueing paradigm in which a cue indicates
the target location with a known probability. The present
study focuses on a more complex version of this task, where
probabilistic context (percentage of cue validity) changes
unpredictably over time, thereby creating a volatile
environment. Saccadic response speed (RS) was recorded in 15
subjects and used to estimate subject-specific parameters of
a Bayesian learning scheme modeling the subjects'
trial-by-trial updates of beliefs. Different response
models—specifying how computational states translate into
observable behavior—were compared using Bayesian model
selection. Saccadic RS was most plausibly explained as a
function of the precision of the belief about the causes of
sensory input. This finding is in accordance with current
Bayesian theories of brain function, and specifically with
the proposal that spatial attention is mediated by a
precision-dependent gain modulation of sensory input. Our
results provide empirical support for precision-dependent
changes in beliefs about saccade target locations and
motivate future neuroimaging and neuropharmacological
studies of how Bayesian inference may determine spatial
attention.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {572 - (Dys-)function and Plasticity (POF3-572)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-572},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:23322402},
UT = {WOS:000336529700003},
doi = {10.1093/cercor/bhs418},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/861621},
}