Shifting Attention Participants received fMRI scans as they performed tasks that required them to shift their attention between visual and auditory information. (a) When focusing on auditory information, a region in the superior (upper) temporal lobe involved in auditory processing showed increased activity (yellow/orange). (b) But when participants focused on auditory information, a visual region, the fusiform gyrus, showed decreased activity (blue).
Shomstein & Yantis, 2004