Using a sequential neurofeedback-arm reaching task, a new link is established among population neural activity patterns, generation of beta oscillations, and motor behavior changes.
A suspected change in action-outcome contingencies evokes a stereotyped response in the processes underlying a decision, resulting in a slow exploratory decision policy that gradually shifts to an exploitative policy as the environment remains stable.
State anxiety alters the dynamics of beta oscillations during reward-dependent motor learning, thereby impairing proper updating of motor predictions when learning in unstable environments.
Kosuke Hamaguchi, Katherine A Tschida ... Richard Mooney
Intracellular recordings in singing birds and images of synapses in deafened birds provide insights into the neural circuitry that enables songbirds to fine-tune their songs.
Sandra Gattas, Gabriel A Elias ... Norbert J Fortin
The hippocampal CA1 20–40 Hz rhythm is associated with nonspatial sequence memory processing and may contribute to the role of the hippocampus in processing temporal relationships among events.
Hannah C Goldbach, Bradley Akitake ... Mark H Histed
In a simple visual task, that in principle could be performed using information in V1 alone, perturbations of secondary visual areas impair perception.
Stefan M Lemke, Dhakshin S Ramanathan ... Karunesh Ganguly
Sleep spindles, distinctive brain activity patterns occurring in non-REM sleep, modify cross-area connectivity in the motor network relevant for behavioral flexibility, impacting subsequent behavior.