Population coding of conditional probability distributions in dorsal premotor cortex

Movements are continually constrained by the current body position and its relation to the surroundings. Here the authors report that the population activity of monkey dorsal premotor cortex neurons dynamically represents the probability distribution of possible reach directions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joshua I. Glaser, Matthew G. Perich, Pavan Ramkumar, Lee E. Miller, Konrad P. Kording
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04062-6