Neural variability in premotor cortex is modulated by trial history and predicts behavioral performance

Neuron

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Marcos, Encarni ^a   Pani, Pierpaolo ^b   Brunamonti, Emiliano ^b   Deco, Gustavo ^a,c   Ferraina, Stefano ^b   Verschure, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; COUNTERMANDING TASK; DECISION MAKING; GO TRIAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL RESPONSE VARIABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOP SIGNAL DELAY; STOP TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE OF CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84876814966     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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