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SUBMITTER: Leathers ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3705639 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leathers Marvin L ML Olson Carl R CR
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20121001 6103
In monkeys deciding between alternative saccadic eye movements, lateral intraparietal (LIP) neurons representing each saccade fire at a rate proportional to the value of the reward expected upon its completion. This observation has been interpreted as indicating that LIP neurons encode saccadic value and that they mediate value-based decisions between saccades. Here, we show that LIP neurons representing a given saccade fire strongly not only if it will yield a large reward but also if it will i ...[more]