Functional links between sensory representations, choice activity, and sensorimotor associations in parietal cortex

© 2020, Chang et al..

Three-dimensional (3D) representations of the environment are often critical for selecting actions that achieve desired goals. The success of these goal-directed actions relies on 3D sensorimotor transformations that are experience-dependent. Here we investigated the relationships between the robustness of 3D visual representations, choice-related activity, and motor-related activity in parietal cortex. Macaque monkeys performed an eight-alternative 3D orientation discrimination task and a visually guided saccade task while we recorded from the caudal intraparietal area using laminar probes. We found that neurons with more robust 3D visual representations preferentially carried choice-related activity. Following the onset of choice-related activity, the robustness of the 3D representations further increased for those neurons. We additionally found that 3D orientation and saccade direction preferences aligned, particularly for neurons with choice-related activity, reflecting an experience-dependent sensorimotor association. These findings reveal previously unrecognized links between the fidelity of ecologically relevant object representations, choice-related activity, and motor-related activity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

eLife - 9(2020) vom: 20. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chang, Ting-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Doudlah, Raymond [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Byounghoon [VerfasserIn]
Sunkara, Adhira [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Lowell W [VerfasserIn]
Lowe, Meghan E [VerfasserIn]
Rosenberg, Ari [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3D vision
Choice activity
Journal Article
Neuroscience
Nuisance variables
Oculomotor
Parietal cortex
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rhesus macaque
Sensorimotor

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 01.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.57968

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316480126