Neuronal dynamics of visual movement processing areas [Elektronische Ressource] : a fMRI investigation of the connectivity of visual processing areas for motion processing and attention in the human brain / Ferenc Acs

Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwurde der Philosophischen Fakult at II(Psychologie, P adagogik und Sportwissenschaft) der Universit at RegensburgDISSERTATIONTHESISNeuronal dynamics of visual movementprocessing areasA fMRI investigation of the connectivity of visual processing areas formotion processing and attention in the human brain.Dipl. psych. Ferenc Acs, Regensburg, Germany2009Supervised by: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Mark W. GreenleeReviewed by: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Elmar W. LangContentsI. Foundations 91. Introduction 111.1. Aim of this work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.2. Eye movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2.1. Smooth Pursuit Eye movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.2.2. Saccadic Eye movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.3. The human eye movement system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.3.1. Primary visual cortex, V1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.3.2. Human middle temporal area, V5 or hMT+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.3.3. Lateral intraparietal area, LIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.3.4. Frontal eye elds, FEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.3.5. Supplementary eye elds, SEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242. Methods & Models 272.1. General Linear Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.2.