Interhemispheric Transmission Times

Author(s):  
A. David Milner ◽  
Michael D. Rugg
1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Z. Sh. Kevanishvili ◽  
V. M. Mosidze ◽  
R. S. Rizhinashvili

2002 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 1051-1058 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tettamanti ◽  
E. Paulesu ◽  
P. Scifo ◽  
A. Maravita ◽  
F. Fazio ◽  
...  

Normal human subjects underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while performing a simple visual manual reaction-time (RT) task with lateralized brief stimuli, the so-called Poffenberger's paradigm. This paradigm was employed to measure interhemispheric transmission (IT) time by subtracting mean RT for the uncrossed hemifield-hand conditions, that is, those conditions not requiring an IT, from the crossed hemifield-hand conditions, that is, those conditions requiring an IT to relay visual information from the hemisphere of entry to the hemisphere subserving the response. The obtained difference is widely believed to reflect callosal conduction time, but so far there is no direct physiological evidence in humans. The aim of our experiment was twofold: first, to test the hypothesis that IT of visuomotor information requires the corpus callosum and to identify the cortical areas specifically activated during IT. Second, we sought to discover whether IT occurs mainly at premotor or perceptual stages of information processing. We found significant activations in a number of frontal, parietal, and temporal cortical areas and in the genu of the corpus callosum. These activations were present only in the crossed conditions and therefore were specifically related to IT. No selective activation was present in the uncrossed conditions. The location of the activated callosal and cortical areas suggests that IT occurs mainly, but not exclusively, at premotor level. These results provide clear cut evidence in favor of the hypothesis that the crossed-uncrossed difference in the Poffenberger paradigm depends on IT rather than on a differential hemispheric activation.


1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy S. Gott ◽  
Everett C. Hughes ◽  
Richard L. Binggeli

1997 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Iwaki ◽  
Mitsuo Hayashi ◽  
Tadao Hori

This study investigated the stimulating effects of music. Twelve-channel EEGs (Fp1, Fp2, F7, F8, Fz, C3, C4, Pz, T5, T6, O1, O2) were recorded on 10 students during periods of baseline, premusic rest, music (stimulating or calming), and postmusic rest. The amplitude of the alpha-2 (9.6 to 11.4 Hz) band was lower during the rest session than that during the baseline session. In the music period the amplitude of alpha-2 band increased during both the stimulating and calm music. The frontal interhemispheric coherence values (F7-F8) of the alpha-2 band increased during the stimulating music session, while the coherence values did not change during the calm music. These findings implied close relationships between the interhemispheric transmission of information in the frontal areas and positive attention to stimulating music.


1989 ◽  
Vol 411 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Berardi ◽  
I Bodis-Wollner ◽  
A Fiorentini ◽  
G Giuffré ◽  
M Morelli

1994 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Sylvie Roy ◽  
Pierre Lachapelle ◽  
Robert C. Polomeno ◽  
Jean-Yves Frigon ◽  
Franco Leporé

2013 ◽  
Vol 230 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Florio ◽  
Silvia Savazzi ◽  
Andreas Conca ◽  
Carlo A. Marzi

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-111
Author(s):  
A.D. Milner ◽  
C.R. Lines

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