Neural processing of imminent collision in humans

Billington, J., Wilkie, R. M., Field, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-8404 and Wann, J. P. (2011) Neural processing of imminent collision in humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 278 (1711). pp. 1476-1481. ISSN 1471-2954 doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1895

Abstract/Summary

Detecting a looming object and its imminent collision is imperative to survival. For most humans, it is a fundamental aspect of daily activities such as driving, road crossing and participating in sport, yet little is known about how the brain both detects and responds to such stimuli. Here we use functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess neural response to looming stimuli in comparison with receding stimuli and motion-controlled static stimuli. We demonstrate for the first time that, in the human, the superior colliculus and the pulvinar nucleus of the thalamus respond to looming in addition to cortical regions associated with motor preparation. We also implicate the anterior insula in making timing computations for collision events.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/15523
Identification Number/DOI	10.1098/rspb.2010.1895
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN) Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Neuroscience Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Perception and Action
Uncontrolled Keywords	* tectopulvinar * motor preparation * looming * collision * functional magnetic resonance imaging
Publisher	The Royal Society
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