| Presentation | 2001/1/26 The role of human amygdala in the attentional orientation to the other's gaze direction : Evidence from unilateral temporal lobectomy patients Wataru SATO, Takashi OKADA, Toshiya MURAI, Yasutaka KUBOTA, Sakiko YOSHIKAWA, Akira SENGOKU, |
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| Abstract(in English) | The other's gaze direction triggers the reflexive shift of an observer's visual attention, however, it is unknown whether the amygdala is involved in such process. To address this problem, we carried out the experiment of gaze cueing paradigm with six unilateral temporal lobectomy and eight normal control subjects. Gaze cues were presented to their unilateral visual fields. When the gaze cues were presented to the intact hemispheres of temporal lobectomy subjects or to the normal controls' hemispheres, the valid cues shortened the subjects' reaction times of target detection relative to the invalid cues. However, when the lesion hemispheres of temporal lobectomy subjects were stimulated, this cueing effect vanished. These findings suggest that the human amygdala plays a crucial role in the attentional orientation to the other's gaze direction. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Gaze direction / Amygdala / Attention / Unilateral temporal lobectomy |
| Paper # | HCS2000-55 |
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| Conference Date | 2001/1/26(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | The role of human amygdala in the attentional orientation to the other's gaze direction : Evidence from unilateral temporal lobectomy patients |
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| Keyword(1) | Gaze direction |
| Keyword(2) | Amygdala |
| Keyword(3) | Attention |
| Keyword(4) | Unilateral temporal lobectomy |
| 1st Author's Name | Wataru SATO |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Takashi OKADA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Toshiya MURAI |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| 4th Author's Name | Yasutaka KUBOTA |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| 5th Author's Name | Sakiko YOSHIKAWA |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University |
| 6th Author's Name | Akira SENGOKU |
| 6th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| Date | 2001/1/26 |
| Paper # | HCS2000-55 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.100 |
| Number (no) | 612 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 8 |
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