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August 19, 2025Open Access

Preparatory attentional templates in prefrontal and sensory cortex encode target-associated information

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fMRI analysis shows that target-associated information guides attention in visual search, highlighting its role in the prefrontal cortex.

Target-associated information can guide attention during visual search, improving search performance when target discrimination is hard.
Visual search involves using target features encoded in the attentional template for efficient decision-making.
Study utilized fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis to decode information across different brain regions during search tasks.
Findings suggest that target-associated information can replace veridical targets in the brain's preparatory phase, improving anticipatory strategies.

Zhou et al. (2025) studied this question.

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