Temporal encoding: Relative and absolute representations of time guide behavior.

ABSTRACT: Temporal information-processing is critical for adaptive behavior and goal-directed action. It is thus crucial to understand how the temporal distance between behaviorally relevant events is encoded to guide behavior. However, research on temporal representations has yielded mixed findings as to whether organisms utilize relative versus absolute judgments of time intervals. To address this fundamental question about the timing mechanism, we tested mice in a duration discrimination procedure in which they learned to correctly categorize tones of different durations as short or long. After being trained on a pair of target intervals, the mice were transferred to conditions in which cue durations and corresponding response locations were systematically manipulated so that either the relative

SUBMITTER: Akdogan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature