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Distributed context-dependent choice information in mouse posterior cortex.


ABSTRACT: Choice information appears in multi-area brain networks mixed with sensory, motor, and cognitive variables. In the posterior cortex-traditionally implicated in decision computations-the presence, strength, and area specificity of choice signals are highly variable, limiting a cohesive understanding of their computational significance. Examining the mesoscale activity in the mouse posterior cortex during a visual task, we found that choice signals defined a decision variable in a low-dimensional embedding space with a prominent contribution along the ventral visual stream. Their subspace was near-orthogonal to concurrently represented sensory and motor-related activations, with modulations by task difficulty and by the animals' attention state. A recurrent neural network trained with animals' choices revealed an equivalent decision variable whose context-dependent dynamics agreed with that of the neural data. Our results demonstrated an independent, multi-area decision variable in the posterior cortex, controlled by task features and cognitive demands, possibly linked to contextual inference computations in dynamic animal-environment interactions.

SUBMITTER: Orlandi JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837177 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distributed context-dependent choice information in mouse posterior cortex.

Orlandi Javier G JG   Abdolrahmani Mohammad M   Aoki Ryo R   Lyamzin Dmitry R DR   Benucci Andrea A  

Nature communications 20230112 1


Choice information appears in multi-area brain networks mixed with sensory, motor, and cognitive variables. In the posterior cortex-traditionally implicated in decision computations-the presence, strength, and area specificity of choice signals are highly variable, limiting a cohesive understanding of their computational significance. Examining the mesoscale activity in the mouse posterior cortex during a visual task, we found that choice signals defined a decision variable in a low-dimensional  ...[more]

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