A conflict between spatial selection and evidence accumulation in area LIP

Joshua A. Seideman; Terrence R. Stanford; Emilio Salinas

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32209-z

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

A conflict between spatial selection and evidence accumulation in area LIP

Joshua A. Seideman,
Terrence R. Stanford,
Emilio Salinas

Affiliations

Joshua A. Seideman: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Terrence R. Stanford: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Emilio Salinas: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32209-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In primate area LIP, target selection and the accumulation of sensory evidence are considered a single process. Here, the authors use urgent choice tasks to show that spatial selection in LIP is distinct from, and may even conflict with, evidence accumulation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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