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Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Attention and Conscience

NCT01592175 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2021-08-30

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Summary

The tight relationship between attention and conscious perception makes them difficult to study in isolation and has led many scientists to closely link these two processes. However, while some authors argue that conscious perception cannot occurs without attention, magnetoencephalography (MEG) and fMRI studies had shown that attention and consciousness are two distinct brain processes.

If endogenously triggered attention and consciousness are dissociated, it has been proposed that orienting of exogenous attention is a necessary, though not sufficient, antecedent of conscious perception.

In the present study we used MEG to explore the neural correlates of exogenous attention and consciousness during visual processing.

Conditions

  • Change in Sustained Attention
  • Awareness
  • Reaction Time

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-08
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-02

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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