Can expectation suppression be explained by reduced attention to predictable stimuli?

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Can expectation suppression be explained by reduced attention to predictable stimuli? / Alink, Arjen; Blank, Helen.

in: NEUROIMAGE, Jahrgang 231, 117824, 01.05.2021.

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@article{3561997a09674e2b911fd2b16062dcd6,
title = "Can expectation suppression be explained by reduced attention to predictable stimuli?",
abstract = "The expectation-suppression effect - reduced stimulus-evoked responses to expected stimuli - is widely considered to be an empirical hallmark of reduced prediction errors in the framework of predictive coding. Here we challenge this notion by proposing that that expectation suppression could be explained by a reduced attention effect. Specifically, we argue that reduced responses to predictable stimuli can also be explained by a reduced saliency-driven allocation of attention. We base our discussion mainly on findings in the visual cortex and propose that resolving this controversy requires the assessment of qualitative differences between the ways in which attention and surprise enhance brain responses.",
keywords = "Attention/physiology, Brain/diagnostic imaging, Forecasting, Humans, Motivation/physiology, Neuroimaging/methods, Photic Stimulation/methods",
author = "Arjen Alink and Helen Blank",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2021",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117824",
language = "English",
volume = "231",
journal = "NEUROIMAGE",
issn = "1053-8119",
publisher = "Academic Press",

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T1 - Can expectation suppression be explained by reduced attention to predictable stimuli?

AU - Alink, Arjen

AU - Blank, Helen

N1 - Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.

PY - 2021/5/1

Y1 - 2021/5/1

N2 - The expectation-suppression effect - reduced stimulus-evoked responses to expected stimuli - is widely considered to be an empirical hallmark of reduced prediction errors in the framework of predictive coding. Here we challenge this notion by proposing that that expectation suppression could be explained by a reduced attention effect. Specifically, we argue that reduced responses to predictable stimuli can also be explained by a reduced saliency-driven allocation of attention. We base our discussion mainly on findings in the visual cortex and propose that resolving this controversy requires the assessment of qualitative differences between the ways in which attention and surprise enhance brain responses.

AB - The expectation-suppression effect - reduced stimulus-evoked responses to expected stimuli - is widely considered to be an empirical hallmark of reduced prediction errors in the framework of predictive coding. Here we challenge this notion by proposing that that expectation suppression could be explained by a reduced attention effect. Specifically, we argue that reduced responses to predictable stimuli can also be explained by a reduced saliency-driven allocation of attention. We base our discussion mainly on findings in the visual cortex and propose that resolving this controversy requires the assessment of qualitative differences between the ways in which attention and surprise enhance brain responses.

KW - Attention/physiology

KW - Brain/diagnostic imaging

KW - Forecasting

KW - Humans

KW - Motivation/physiology

KW - Neuroimaging/methods

KW - Photic Stimulation/methods

U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117824

DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117824

M3 - SCORING: Review article

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JO - NEUROIMAGE

JF - NEUROIMAGE

SN - 1053-8119

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