RT Journal Article
T1 Disentangling the attention network test: behavioral, event related potentials, and neural source analyses.
A1 Galvao-Carmona, Alejandro
A1 González-Rosa, Javier J
A1 Hidalgo-Muñoz, Antonio R
A1 Páramo, Dolores
A1 Benítez, María L
A1 Izquierdo, Guillermo
A1 Vázquez-Marrufo, Manuel
K1 Attention
K1 Neural networks
K1 ANT
K1 CNV
K1 Ssource analysis
K1 P300
K1 Alerting
K1 Orienting
K1 Potenciales evocados
K1 Procesos mentales
K1 Neurociencias
AB BACKGROUNDThe study of the attentional system remains a challenge for current neuroscience. The "Attention Network Test" (ANT) was designed to study simultaneously three different attentional networks (alerting, orienting, and executive) based in subtraction of different experimental conditions. However, some studies recommend caution with these calculations due to the interactions between the attentional networks. In particular, it is highly relevant that several interpretations about attentional impairment have arisen from these calculations in diverse pathologies. Event related potentials (ERPs) and neural source analysis can be applied to disentangle the relationships between these attentional networks not specifically shown by behavioral measures.RESULTSThis study shows that there is a basic level of alerting (tonic alerting) in the no cue (NC) condition, represented by a slow negative trend in the ERP trace prior to the onset of the target stimuli. A progressive increase in the CNV amplitude related to the amount of information provided by the cue conditions is also shown. Neural source analysis reveals specific modulations of the CNV related to a task-related expectancy presented in the NC condition; a late modulation triggered by the central cue (CC) condition and probably representing a generic motor preparation; and an early and late modulation for spatial cue (SC) condition suggesting specific motor and sensory preactivation. Finally, the first component in the information processing of the target stimuli modulated by the interaction between orienting network and the executive system can be represented by N1.CONCLUSIONSThe ANT is useful as a paradigm to study specific attentional mechanisms and their interactions. However, calculation of network effects is based in subtractions with non-comparable experimental conditions, as evidenced by the present data, which can induce misinterpretations in the study of the attentional capacity in human subjects.
PB Frontiers
YR 2014
FD 2014-10-13
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2110
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2110
LA en
NO Galvao-Carmona A, González-Rosa JJ, Hidalgo-Muñoz AR, Páramo D, Benítez ML, Izquierdo G, et al. Disentangling the attention network test: behavioral, event related potentials, and neural source analyses. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; 8:813
NO Journal Article;
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025