Four Days of Visual Contrast Deprivation Reveals Limits of Neuronal Adaptation

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	Four Days of Visual Contrast Deprivation Reveals Limits of Neuronal Adaptation
	Haak, Koen V.1; Fast, Elizabeth 2; Bao, Min3 ; Lee, Michael 4; Engel, Stephen A.2
摘要	Sensory systems continuously adjust their function to match changes in the environment. Such adaptation produces large perceptual effects, and its pervasiveness makes it a key part of understanding cortical function generally [1-3]. In visual contrast adaptation, for example, brief exposure to vertical stripes can dramatically alter the apparent orientation and intensity of similarly oriented patterns (e. g., [4-7]). However, many environmental changes are long lasting. How does the visual system adjust to such challenges? Most past work on contrast adaptation has adapted subjects for just a few minutes. Only a few studies have examined durations greater than 1 hr [8-12], and none have exceeded 1 day. Here, we measured perceptual effects of adaptation in humans who viewed a world lacking vertical information for 4 days continuously. As expected, adaptation increased in magnitude during the first day, but it then showed a drop in strength. The decrease in adaptation is surprising because the adapting environment remained constant, and in short-term work, adaptation always strengthens or at least is maintained under such conditions. It indicates that the classical effects of contrast adaptation, which arise largely in primary visual cortex [13-18], are not maintained after approximately 1 day. Results from day 2 through day 4 further showed that slower adaptive processes can overcome this limit. Because adaptation is generally beneficial overall, its limits argue that the brain is sensitive to costs that arise when the neural code changes [19, 20]. These costs may determine when and how cortex can alter its function.
	2014-11-03
语种	英语
发表期刊	CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN	0960-9822
卷号	24 期号:21 页码:2575-2579
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000344171500030
引用统计	被引频次：32[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/14179
专题	认知与发展心理学研究室
作者单位	1.Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Donders Inst Brain Cognit & Behav, NL-6525 EN Nijmegen, Netherlands 2.Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Univ Minnesota, Dept Ophthalmol & Visual Neurosci, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Haak, Koen V.,Fast, Elizabeth,Bao, Min,et al. Four Days of Visual Contrast Deprivation Reveals Limits of Neuronal Adaptation[J]. CURRENT BIOLOGY,2014,24(21):2575-2579.
APA	Haak, Koen V.,Fast, Elizabeth,Bao, Min,Lee, Michael,&Engel, Stephen A..(2014).Four Days of Visual Contrast Deprivation Reveals Limits of Neuronal Adaptation.CURRENT BIOLOGY,24(21),2575-2579.
MLA	Haak, Koen V.,et al."Four Days of Visual Contrast Deprivation Reveals Limits of Neuronal Adaptation".CURRENT BIOLOGY 24.21(2014):2575-2579.

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