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SUBMITTER: Musall S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6768091 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Musall Simon S Kaufman Matthew T MT Juavinett Ashley L AL Gluf Steven S Churchland Anne K AK
Nature neuroscience 20190924 10
When experts are immersed in a task, do their brains prioritize task-related activity? Most efforts to understand neural activity during well-learned tasks focus on cognitive computations and task-related movements. We wondered whether task-performing animals explore a broader movement landscape and how this impacts neural activity. We characterized movements using video and other sensors and measured neural activity using widefield and two-photon imaging. Cortex-wide activity was dominated by m ...[more]