The left fusiform gyrus hosts trisensory representations of manipulable objects.
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The left fusiform gyrus hosts trisensory representations of manipulable objects. / Kassuba, Tanja; Klinge, Corinna; Hölig, Cordula; Menz, Mareike; Ptito, Maurice; Röder, Brigitte; Siebner, Hartwig R.
In: NEUROIMAGE, Vol. 56, No. 3, 3, 2011, p. 1566-1577.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The left fusiform gyrus hosts trisensory representations of manipulable objects.
AU - Kassuba, Tanja
AU - Klinge, Corinna
AU - Hölig, Cordula
AU - Menz, Mareike
AU - Ptito, Maurice
AU - Röder, Brigitte
AU - Siebner, Hartwig R.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - During object manipulation the brain integrates the visual, auditory, and haptic experience of an object into a unified percept. Previous brain imaging studies have implicated for instance the dorsal part of the lateral occipital complex in visuo-tactile and the posterior superior temporal sulcus in audio-visual integration of object-related inputs (Amedi et al., 2005). Yet it is still unclear which brain regions represent object-specific information of all three sensory modalities. To address this question, we performed two complementary functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments. In the first experiment, we identified brain regions which were consistently activated by unimodal visual, auditory, and haptic processing of manipulable objects relative to non-object control stimuli presented in the same modality. In the second experiment, we assessed regional brain activations when participants had to match object-related information that was presented simultaneously in two or all three modalities. Only a well-defined region in left fusiform gyrus (FG) showed an object-specific activation during unisensory processing in the visual, auditory, and tactile modalities. The same region was also consistently activated during multisensory matching of object-related information across all three senses. Taken together, our results suggest that this region is central to the recognition of manipulable objects. A putative role of this FG region is to unify object-specific information provided by the visual, auditory, and tactile modalities into trisensory object representations.
AB - During object manipulation the brain integrates the visual, auditory, and haptic experience of an object into a unified percept. Previous brain imaging studies have implicated for instance the dorsal part of the lateral occipital complex in visuo-tactile and the posterior superior temporal sulcus in audio-visual integration of object-related inputs (Amedi et al., 2005). Yet it is still unclear which brain regions represent object-specific information of all three sensory modalities. To address this question, we performed two complementary functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments. In the first experiment, we identified brain regions which were consistently activated by unimodal visual, auditory, and haptic processing of manipulable objects relative to non-object control stimuli presented in the same modality. In the second experiment, we assessed regional brain activations when participants had to match object-related information that was presented simultaneously in two or all three modalities. Only a well-defined region in left fusiform gyrus (FG) showed an object-specific activation during unisensory processing in the visual, auditory, and tactile modalities. The same region was also consistently activated during multisensory matching of object-related information across all three senses. Taken together, our results suggest that this region is central to the recognition of manipulable objects. A putative role of this FG region is to unify object-specific information provided by the visual, auditory, and tactile modalities into trisensory object representations.
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Female
KW - Young Adult
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
KW - Brain Mapping
KW - Cluster Analysis
KW - Oxygen/blood
KW - Sensation/physiology
KW - Auditory Perception/physiology
KW - Occipital Lobe/physiology
KW - Perception/physiology
KW - Reaction Time/physiology
KW - Recognition (Psychology)/physiology
KW - Temporal Lobe/physiology
KW - Touch Perception/physiology
KW - Visual Perception/physiology
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Female
KW - Young Adult
KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
KW - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
KW - Brain Mapping
KW - Cluster Analysis
KW - Oxygen/blood
KW - Sensation/physiology
KW - Auditory Perception/physiology
KW - Occipital Lobe/physiology
KW - Perception/physiology
KW - Reaction Time/physiology
KW - Recognition (Psychology)/physiology
KW - Temporal Lobe/physiology
KW - Touch Perception/physiology
KW - Visual Perception/physiology
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
VL - 56
SP - 1566
EP - 1577
JO - NEUROIMAGE
JF - NEUROIMAGE
SN - 1053-8119
IS - 3
M1 - 3
ER -
