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15. Specialization in the default mode: Task-induced brain deactivations dissociate between visual working memory and attention.

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Mayer JS, Roebroeck A, Maurer K, and Linden DE

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Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex anatomy & histology, Female, Functional Laterality physiology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mental Processes physiology, Nerve Net anatomy & histology, Nerve Net physiology, Neural Pathways anatomy & histology, Neural Pathways physiology, Neuropsychological Tests, Task Performance and Analysis, Young Adult, Attention physiology, Cerebral Cortex physiology, Cognition physiology, Memory, Short-Term physiology, Visual Perception physiology
Abstract

The idea of an organized mode of brain function that is present as default state and suspended during goal-directed behaviors has recently gained much interest in the study of human brain function. The default mode hypothesis is based on the repeated observation that certain brain areas show task-induced deactivations across a wide range of cognitive tasks. In this event-related functional resonance imaging study we tested the default mode hypothesis by comparing common and selective patterns of BOLD deactivation in response to the demands on visual attention and working memory (WM) that were independently modulated within one task. The results revealed task-induced deactivations within regions of the default mode network (DMN) with a segregation of areas that were additively deactivated by an increase in the demands on both attention and WM, and areas that were selectively deactivated by either high attentional demand or WM load. Attention-selective deactivations appeared in the left ventrolateral and medial prefrontal cortex and the left lateral temporal cortex. Conversely, WM-selective deactivations were found predominantly in the right hemisphere including the medial-parietal, the lateral temporo-parietal, and the medial prefrontal cortex. Moreover, during WM encoding deactivated regions showed task-specific functional connectivity. These findings demonstrate that task-induced deactivations within parts of the DMN depend on the specific characteristics of the attention and WM components of the task. The DMN can thus be subdivided into a set of brain regions that deactivate indiscriminately in response to cognitive demand ("the core DMN") and a part whose deactivation depends on the specific task., (2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)

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2010
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