Neural timing of visual implicit categorization

被引:43
作者
Pernet, C [1 ]
Basan, S [1 ]
Doyon, B [1 ]
Cardebat, D [1 ]
Démonet, JF [1 ]
Celsis, P [1 ]
机构
[1] CHU Purpan, INSERM, U455, F-31059 Toulouse, France
来源
COGNITIVE BRAIN RESEARCH | 2003年 / 17卷 / 02期
关键词
dynamics of categorization; target detection task; visual evoked potential; cortical processing;
D O I
10.1016/S0926-6410(03)00134-4
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
Most of the neuroimaging studies that have shown visual category-specific activations or categorization effects have been based on a subtractive approach. In the present study, we investigated, by means of EEG, not only the net result of the categorization but also the dynamics of the process. Subjects had to perform a target detection task throughout an image set of distractors belonging to six categories: letters, geometrical figures, faces, tools, structured textures and Asiatic characters. Multivariate analyses were performed on the responses to the non-target stimuli according to their category. Categorical neural responses were only obtained on P2 latencies and N2 amplitudes. This result suggests that there are no differences in the first stage of the implicit categorization of the distractors (visual analysis and proximal stimulus representation elaboration from 100 to 220 ms) and that differences appear between 220 and 280 ms (matching to structural representations). Over-learned stimuli (e.g. letters) elicited the shortest P2 latency, contrasting with unknown categories (e.g. Asiatic characters) that revealed the longest P2 latencies and flattened N2 waves. Categorical differences indicate that the more a subject knows about an object, the less cognitive resources are used. In conclusion, our results suggest that a reduction in neural activity could reflect an improved accuracy in cognitive and cortical processing. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:327 / 338
页数:12
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