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Stimulus-driven visual attention in mice.

Sheridan Goldstein^1,2, Lupeng Wang^1,3, Kerry McAlonan^1,4

¹Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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Mice exhibit stimulus-driven attention effects similar to primates in timing but not location. This research clarifies the strengths and limitations of using mice to model higher-order visual functions.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Comparative Psychology
Visual Perception

Background:

Primates show stimulus-driven attention influencing perception based on timing and location.
Mice are increasingly used to study visual circuits, but their attentional mechanisms are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if mice exhibit similar interactions between stimulus events and visual attention during perceptual decisions as observed in primates.
To determine how task-irrelevant stimuli affect mouse performance in a visual detection task.

Main Methods:

Head-fixed mice were trained to detect near-threshold visual orientation changes.
The impact of task-irrelevant stimuli at various times and locations on performance was assessed.

Main Results:

Task-irrelevant stimuli significantly affected mouse performance.
Reaction times decreased between 250-400 ms post-stimulus, mirroring primate temporal dynamics, but were location-insensitive.
Detection accuracy remained unaffected by stimulus-driven attention.

Conclusions:

Mouse stimulus-driven attention shares temporal characteristics with primates but differs in spatial processing.
These findings underscore the utility and limitations of mice as models for higher-order visual functions.