Decision Activity in Parietal Cortex - Leader or Follower?

Trends Cogn Sci. 2016 Nov;20(11):788-789. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.09.005. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Abstract

Katz and colleagues demonstrate that inactivating the primate lateral intraparietal area (LIP) spares visual motion decisions, even though these same decisions strongly modulate LIP neurons. This work is the latest addition to an intense effort spanning sensory modalities, animals, and techniques to understand which structures comprise the circuits responsible for interpreting sensory signals to make decisions.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Decision Making / physiology*
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Parietal Lobe / physiology*
  • Photic Stimulation / methods*