Beta Synchrony and Top-Down Feedforward Processing in Visual Expectation Steven L. Bressler Cognitive Neurodynamics Laboratory Center for Complex Systems & Brain Sciences Department of Psychology Florida Atlantic University http://www.ccs.fau.edu/~bressler/

Collaborators Richard Nakamura Craig Richter Richard Copolla NIMH FAU, ESI, ENS Richard Nakamura NIMH Richard Copolla NIMH

Outline Recording Paradigm Task Paradigm Analysis Paradigm Application to Sensorimotor Cortex Investigation of Top-down Processing in Visual Cortex

Nakamura-Coppola Recording Paradigm Chronic Implant of Bipolar Electrodes Multiple Distributed Electrode Sites Simultaneous LFP Recording

Nakamura-Coppola Task Paradigm Visual Pattern Discrimination Task GO/NO-GO Response Self-Initiated Trials Prestimulus Anticipatory Period Two Stimulus-Response Contingencies Stimuli

Spectral Granger Causality Analysis Paradigm Spectral Coherence Spectral Granger Causality

Beta-Synchronized Network in Sensorimotor Cortex Brovelli et al, PNAS, 2004

Poststimulus Bottom-Up Visual Processing Feedforward & Feedback Processing (> ~45 ms) Feedforward Sweep (0 - ~45 ms)

Prestimulus Top-Down Visual Processing Top-Down Feedforward Processing (< 0 ms)

Prestimulus Beta-Synchronized Network in Visual Cortex Bressler et al, Stat Med, 2007 6 –TEO Synchronized beta rhythms between V1 & extrastriate cortex (V4, TEO) form a large-scale network in visual cortex before stimulus presentation.

Top-Down Feedforward Beta Synchrony in Visual Cortex Richter et al Top-Down Feedforward Beta Synchrony in Visual Cortex Richter et al., in prep Beta rhythms are not evident in power spectra. Prestimulus extrastriate & V1 beta rhythms are synchronized. Synchronized beta rhythms support top-down extrastriate- to-V1, but not bottom-up V1-to-extrastriate, influences.

Conclusions Areas of extrastriate visual cortex exert top-down feedforward influences on V1 in monkeys having had repeated previous exposure to a closed set of simple stimuli as the monkey awaits the stimulus but before it is presented. The pattern of top-down influence from extrastriate cortex to V1 reflects task rules. Classifications of prestimulus top-down influences and poststimulus V1 evoked response are correlated, suggesting that a top-down gain control mechanism enhances the V1 stimulus evoked response.