Presentation 2011-09-23
Dynamic changes in the spontaneous brain activity during eye gaze perception task between the directly facing subjects
Sunao IWAKI,
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Abstract(in English) Here we used neuromagnetic recording (magnetoencephalography: MEG) to measure brain responses while the observer perceives changes in eye gaze, namely (a) the eye-contact and (b) the averting conditions, of the directly facing person. The MEG signals were analyzed in the time-frequency domain to evaluate event-related changes in the spontaneous brain activities induced by the onset of eye movements. Significant increase in the gamma-band power was observed in the eye-contact condition compared to the averting condition in the bilateral superior-temporal and frontal areas. Frequency-domain Granger-Geweke causality was used to test if there were causal connectivity between the areas where significant changes in gamma-band power were observed. The preliminary results indicate that the connectivity between (a) the bilateral frontal areas, and (b) the right frontal and parietal areas might be crucial for the perception of eye gaze of the directly facing person.
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Keyword(in English) Eye gaze perception / Gamma-band spontaneous brain activity / Magnetoencephalography / Time-frequency analysis
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Conference Date 2011/9/16(1days)
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Title (in English) Dynamic changes in the spontaneous brain activity during eye gaze perception task between the directly facing subjects
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Keyword(1) Eye gaze perception
Keyword(2) Gamma-band spontaneous brain activity
Keyword(3) Magnetoencephalography
Keyword(4) Time-frequency analysis
1st Author's Name Sunao IWAKI
1st Author's Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)()
Date 2011-09-23
Paper # HCS2011-50
Volume (vol) vol.111
Number (no) 214
Page pp.pp.-
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