Hemispheric dissociation of visual-pattern processing and visual rotation
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Published on: November 16, 2017
Boris Suchan1, Lidia Yágüez, Gilbert Wunderlich
1Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstr 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany. boris.suchan@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Abstract:
We aimed at investigating whether on-line and delayed visual pattern processing activated different areas in human prefrontal and parietal cortex. For this purpose we measured the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during simultaneous and successive visual matrix processing in 10 right-handed subjects. Delayed matching to sample activated predominantly left hemispheric ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, Broca's area and parts of the parietal cortex. In contrast, visuospatial matrix rotation showed activation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe. The present results suggest a hemispheric dissociation of fronto-parietal circuits with a left dominance for visual pattern processing like storage and a right dominance for visuospatial processing.
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