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Long-term memories guide visual attention by activating specific brain regions within the cognitive control network (CCN). This memory-guided attention involves key areas like the posterior precuneus and lateral intraparietal sulcus.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroimaging

Background:

  • Human visual attention is limited but enhanced in familiar contexts via long-term memory.
  • Efficient attention deployment relies on integrating visual information with stored memories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying memory-guided visual attention.
  • To contrast brain activity during memory-guided versus stimulus-guided attention.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was employed.
  • Participants performed a change detection task under two attention conditions: memory-guided and stimulus-guided.
  • Task-based activation patterns were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Both dorsal attention network and cognitive control network (CCN) were activated during attention tasks.
  • The CCN showed preferential activation during memory-guided attention.
  • Specific posterior CCN nodes (posterior precuneus, posterior callosal sulcus/mid-cingulate, lateral intraparietal sulcus) were highly specific to memory-guided attention.

Conclusions:

  • A distinct subnetwork within the CCN, comprising posterior precuneus, posterior callosal sulcus/mid-cingulate, and lateral intraparietal sulcus, is preferentially recruited for memory-guided visuospatial attention.
  • These findings elucidate the neural basis of how long-term memories shape attentional focus.