Reflexive attentional orienting in migraineurs: The behavioral implications of hyperexcitable visual cortex

Abstract

Taken together, this confirms that the functional consequences of hyperexcitable visual cortex in migraineurs are not just purely sensory in nature, but directly impact at least some forms of reflexive attention. This provides evidence of at least one cognitive implication of hyperexcitable visual cortical responses in migraineurs, namely heightened reflexive visual-spatial orienting specific to sudden-onset peripheral events.