Brain network for small-scale features in active touch

An important tactile function is the active detection of small-scale features, such as edges or asperities, which depends on fine hand motor control. Using a resting-state fMRI paradigm, we sought to identify the functional connectivity of the brain network engaged in mapping tactile inputs to and f...

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Main Authors: Saeed Babadi, Roger Gassert, Vincent Hayward, Marco Piccirelli, Spyros Kollias, Theodore E. Milner
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Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
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description An important tactile function is the active detection of small-scale features, such as edges or asperities, which depends on fine hand motor control. Using a resting-state fMRI paradigm, we sought to identify the functional connectivity of the brain network engaged in mapping tactile inputs to and from regions engaged in motor preparation and planning during active touch. Human participants actively located small-scale tactile features that were rendered by a computer-controlled tactile display. To induce rapid perceptual learning, the contrast between the target and the surround was reduced whenever a criterion level of success was achieved, thereby raising the task difficulty. Multiple cortical and subcortical neural connections within a parietal-cerebellar-frontal network were identified by correlating behavioral performance with changes in functional connectivity. These cortical areas reflected perceptual, cognitive, and attention-based processes required to detect and use small-scale tactile features for hand dexterity.
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spelling doaj-art-415dc2529d0143e09c306159bbc6a0972025-08-20T01:56:41ZengElsevierNeuroImage: Reports2666-95602022-12-012410012310.1016/j.ynirp.2022.100123Brain network for small-scale features in active touchSaeed Babadi0Roger Gassert1Vincent Hayward2Marco Piccirelli3Spyros Kollias4Theodore E. Milner5Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S4, CanadaRehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, D-HEST, ETH Zürich, Zurich, SwitzerlandInstitut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, FranceClinic of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandClinic of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S4, Canada; Corresponding author.An important tactile function is the active detection of small-scale features, such as edges or asperities, which depends on fine hand motor control. Using a resting-state fMRI paradigm, we sought to identify the functional connectivity of the brain network engaged in mapping tactile inputs to and from regions engaged in motor preparation and planning during active touch. Human participants actively located small-scale tactile features that were rendered by a computer-controlled tactile display. To induce rapid perceptual learning, the contrast between the target and the surround was reduced whenever a criterion level of success was achieved, thereby raising the task difficulty. Multiple cortical and subcortical neural connections within a parietal-cerebellar-frontal network were identified by correlating behavioral performance with changes in functional connectivity. These cortical areas reflected perceptual, cognitive, and attention-based processes required to detect and use small-scale tactile features for hand dexterity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666956022000472fMRIFunctional connectivityPerceptual learningResting-state networkSomatosensory
spellingShingle Saeed Babadi
Roger Gassert
Vincent Hayward
Marco Piccirelli
Spyros Kollias
Theodore E. Milner
Brain network for small-scale features in active touch
NeuroImage: Reports
fMRI
Functional connectivity
Perceptual learning
Resting-state network
Somatosensory
title Brain network for small-scale features in active touch
title_full Brain network for small-scale features in active touch
title_fullStr Brain network for small-scale features in active touch
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title_short Brain network for small-scale features in active touch
title_sort brain network for small scale features in active touch
topic fMRI
Functional connectivity
Perceptual learning
Resting-state network
Somatosensory
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