Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Dynamical latent state computation in the male macaque posterior parietal cortex

  • Kaushik J. Lakshminarasimhan,
  • Eric Avila,
  • Xaq Pitkow,
  • Dora E. Angelaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37400-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Natural behaviors induce changes to hidden states of the world that may be vital to track. Here, in monkeys navigating virtually to hidden goals, the authors show that neural interactions in the posterior parietal cortex play a role in tracking displacement from an unobservable goal.