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Inhibitory tagging in the superior colliculus during visual search

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Searching a cluttered scene for an object of interest is a ubiquitous task in everyday life, which we often perform relatively quickly and efficiently. It has been suggested that to achieve such speed and efficiency an inhibitory-tagging mechanism inhibits saccades to objects in the scene once they have been searched and rejected. Here, we demonstrate that the superior colliculus represents this type of inhibition during search, consistent with its role in saccade target selection.

Source: Journal of Neurophysiology

DOI: 10.1152/jn.00095.2023

Authors: Christopher Conroy, Rakesh Nanjappa, Robert M. McPeek

Institutions: SUNY College of Optometry, GD Goenka University

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Eye Institute

Award: Saccade Target Selection in Naturalistic Visual Search