Table 1. Contrasts of right versus left go trials.
Anatomical location | Cluster size | Z value | XYZ (mm) |
---|---|---|---|
Go right minus left | |||
L ventral occipital | 189 | 4.29 | -4 -82 -4 |
L dorsal occipital* | 443 | 4.46 | -24 -84 22 |
L middle temporal | 18 | 3.35 | -44 -74 -10 |
Go left minus right | |||
R ventral occipital | 249 | 4.34 | 12 -82 -8 |
L dorsal occipital* | 150 | 4.07 | -22 -104 6 |
L dorsal occipital* | 54 | 3.85 | -8 -92 18 |
The left dorsal occipital activations most likely reflect the presence of the visible light associated with the light-source for the near-infrared eye-tracker (ASL 504a, Applied Science Laboratories), which always appeared in the bottom right visual field and therefore shifted position along the retina in different directions for upper-left and upper-right executed saccades (while always remaining in the bottom-right quadrant, due to its eccentricity of approximately 14 degrees). Note that such retinal changes due to saccades did not arise on no-go trials, which provide a further critical test of our hypotheses, see main text.