Decision-related activity in sensory neurons reflects more than a neuron’s causal effect

• Published in: Nature Vol. 459; no. 7243; pp. 89 - 92
• Main Authors: Nienborg, Hendrikje, Cumming, Bruce G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.05.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Animal care; Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Choice Behavior - physiology; Decision making; Decision Making - physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Health services; Humanities and Social Sciences; Laboratory animals; letter; Macaca; Macaca mulatta; multidisciplinary; Neurons; Noise; Physiological aspects; Probability; Psychological aspects; Reward; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sensory Receptor Cells - physiology; Sensory receptors; Time Factors; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; United States; Human; Stimulus; Noise; Central nervous system; Sensory neuron; Cognition; Models; Reward; Encephalon

Neurons back to the future The ability of sensory neurons to predict an animal's upcoming decision has generated enormous interest over the past decade, and the impression has grown that the activity of these neurons in some way causes the appropriate decision to be made. Now in a study involvi...