Maps of visual space in human occipital cortex are retinotopic, not spatiotopic.

@article{citeulike:2678297, abstract = {We experience the visual world as phenomenally invariant to eye position, but almost all cortical maps of visual space in monkeys use a retinotopic reference frame, that is, the cortical representation of a point in the visual world is different across eye positions. It was recently reported that human cortical area MT (unlike monkey MT) represents stimuli in a reference frame linked to the position of stimuli in space, a "spatiotopic" reference frame. We used visuotopic mapping with blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging signals to define 12 human visual cortical areas, and then determined whether the reference frame in each area was spatiotopic or retinotopic. We found that all 12 areas, including MT, represented stimuli in a retinotopic reference frame. Although there were patches of cortex in and around these visual areas that were ostensibly spatiotopic, none of these patches exhibited reliable stimulus-evoked responses. We conclude that the early, visuotopically organized visual cortical areas in the human brain (like their counterparts in the monkey brain) represent stimuli in a retinotopic reference frame.}, address = {Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA. justin@cns.nyu.edu}, author = {Gardner, J. L. and Merriam, E. P. and Movshon, J. A. and Heeger, D. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2678297}, doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5476-07.2008}, issn = {1529-2401}, journal = {The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience}, keywords = {occipital, retinotopic, visual}, month = {April}, number = {15}, pages = {3988--3999}, posted-at = {2008-04-16 16:14:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Maps of visual space in human occipital cortex are retinotopic, not spatiotopic.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5476-07.2008}, volume = {28}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2678297 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2678297 TI - Maps of visual space in human occipital cortex are retinotopic, not spatiotopic. JF - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience VL - 28 IS - 15 SP - 3988 EP - 3999 AD - Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA. justin@cns.nyu.edu SN - 1529-2401 N2 - We experience the visual world as phenomenally invariant to eye position, but almost all cortical maps of visual space in monkeys use a retinotopic reference frame, that is, the cortical representation of a point in the visual world is different across eye positions. It was recently reported that human cortical area MT (unlike monkey MT) represents stimuli in a reference frame linked to the position of stimuli in space, a "spatiotopic" reference frame. We used visuotopic mapping with blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging signals to define 12 human visual cortical areas, and then determined whether the reference frame in each area was spatiotopic or retinotopic. We found that all 12 areas, including MT, represented stimuli in a retinotopic reference frame. Although there were patches of cortex in and around these visual areas that were ostensibly spatiotopic, none of these patches exhibited reliable stimulus-evoked responses. We conclude that the early, visuotopically organized visual cortical areas in the human brain (like their counterparts in the monkey brain) represent stimuli in a retinotopic reference frame. KW - occipital KW - retinotopic KW - visual AU - Gardner, JL AU - Merriam, EP AU - Movshon, JA AU - Heeger, DJ PY - 2008/04/09/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5476-07.2008 ER -