Stimulation of Individual Neurons Is Sufficient to Influence Sensory-Guided Decision-Making

Buchan and Rowland examines the stimulation of individual neurons sufficient to influence sensory-guided decision-making. A more complete model has been formulated for higher brain regions through seminal work in monkeys, in which sensory-evoked spikes are integrated across a pool of neurons until t...

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Published inThe Journal of neuroscience Vol. 38; no. 30; pp. 6609 - 6611
Main Authors Buchan, Matthew J, Rowland, James M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Society for Neuroscience 25.07.2018
Subjects
Brain
Cerebral Cortex
Cortex
Decision Making
Journal Club
Monkeys
Neurons
Sensory neurons
Stimulation
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Summary:Buchan and Rowland examines the stimulation of individual neurons sufficient to influence sensory-guided decision-making. A more complete model has been formulated for higher brain regions through seminal work in monkeys, in which sensory-evoked spikes are integrated across a pool of neurons until the crossing of a behaviorally relevant threshold, at which point a decision is made. Models of decision-making in mo­keys generally rely on choke probability, a quantitative measure of decision­making stemming from the observation that the activity of individual cortical sensory neurons correlates with behavioral choice.
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M.J.B. and J.M.R. contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:0270-6474
1529-2401
DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1026-18.2018