History-based action selection bias in posterior parietal cortex

Past outcomes modulate activity in a diverse set of brain regions however their precise influence on decisions is not known. Here the authors show that posterior parietal cortex neurons encode history-related signals between trials and optogenetic inactivation during this epoch disrupts the history...

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Main Authors: Eun Jung Hwang, Jeffrey E. Dahlen, Madan Mukundan, Takaki Komiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01356-z