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A Study on Asymmetry of Spatial Visual Field by Analysis of the fMRI BOLD Response

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The asymmetry of the left-right and upper-lower visual field is analyzed in this paper by a model approach based on the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response. The model consists of the convolution between a Gaussian function and the perfusion function of neural response to stimulus. The model parameters are estimated by a nonlinear optimal algorithm, and te asymmetry of the left-right and upper-lower visual field is investigated by the differences of the model parameters. The results from eight subjects show that reaction time is significant shorter and the response is significant stronger when the lower field is stimulated than that when the upper field is stimulated. For the left and right fields, the response is different. These results provide the fMRI BOLD response evidence of the asymmetry of spatial visual fields.

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  1. School of Life Science and Technology, School of Applied Math., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,, P.R. China. Beijing Cognitive Lab, Biophysics Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences,, Beijing, P.R. China

    Huafu Chen & Dezhong Yao

  2. Beijing Cognitive Lab, Biophysics Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences,, Beijing,, P.R. China

    Zuxiang Liu

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Chen, H., Yao, D. & Liu, Z. A Study on Asymmetry of Spatial Visual Field by Analysis of the fMRI BOLD Response. Brain Topogr 17, 39–46 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BRAT.0000047335.00110.6a

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