Decoupled choice-driven and stimulus-related activity in parietal neurons may be misrepresented by choice probabilities

Adam Zaidel; Gregory C. DeAngelis; Dora E. Angelaki

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00766-3

Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Decoupled choice-driven and stimulus-related activity in parietal neurons may be misrepresented by choice probabilities

Adam Zaidel,
Gregory C. DeAngelis,
Dora E. Angelaki

Affiliations

Adam Zaidel: Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University
Gregory C. DeAngelis: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester
Dora E. Angelaki: Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00766-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Choice-related signals in neuronal activity may reflect bottom-up sensory processes, top-down decision-related influences, or a combination of the two. Here the authors report that choice-related activity in VIP neurons is not predictable from their stimulus tuning, and that dominant choice signals can bias the standard metric of choice preference (choice probability).

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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