Behavioral choice-related neuronal activity in monkey primary somatosensory cortex in a haptic delay task.
J Cogn Neurosci
; 24(7): 1634-44, 2012 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
The neuronal activity in the primary somatosensory cortex was collected when monkeys performed a haptic-haptic DMS task. We found that, in trials with correct task performance, a substantial number of cells showed significant differential neural activity only when the monkeys had to make a choice between two different haptic objects. Such a difference in neural activity was significantly reduced in incorrect response trials. However, very few cells showed the choice-only differential neural activity in monkeys who performed a control task that was identical to the haptic-haptic task but did not require the animal to either actively memorize the sample or make a choice between two objects at the end of a trial. From these results, we infer that the differential activity recorded from cells in the primary somatosensory cortex in correct performance reflects the neural process of behavioral choice, and therefore, it is a neural correlate of decision-making when the animal has to make a haptic choice.
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Desempeño Psicomotor
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Tiempo de Reacción
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Corteza Somatosensorial
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Conducta de Elección
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Neuronas
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Animals
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2012
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