Thalamocortical excitability modulation guides human perception under uncertainty

How is neural processing adjusted when people experience uncertainty about the relevance of a stimulus feature? Here, the authors provide evidence suggesting that heightened uncertainty shifts cortical networks from a rhythmic to an asynchronous (“excited”) state and that the thalamus is central for...

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Main Authors: Julian Q. Kosciessa, Ulman Lindenberger, Douglas D. Garrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22511-7