Physical activity modulates early visual response and improves target detection in humans
Weischner, T.; Che, X.; Schmid, P. R.; Reichert, C.; Scholz, A.; Knight, R. T.; Duerschmid, S.
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Brain state changes affect visual perception by altering spatial resolution. Attention enhances the spatial resolution decorrelating neuronal activity in early nonhuman primate (NHP) visual cortex. Physical activity (PA) amplifies these attentional effects in rodents but impact of PA on visual perception in humans remains uncertain. We investigated the relationship between broadband high-frequency activity (BHA: 80-150 Hz) recorded with magnetoencephalography (MEG) and visual detection performance. We found that PA enhanced visual target detection predicted by a reduction of early BHA responses (<90 msec). This effect may be due to reduced interneuronal correlation to improve spatial resolution. Moreover, PA improved spatial integration time, as indicated by a linear relationship between reaction times and BHA variation with target eccentricity. These findings provide evidence that PA influences neuronal activity critical for early visual perception, optimizing visual processing at the initial stages of the visual hierarchy.
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