Triple dissociation of attention and decision computations across prefrontal cortex.

ABSTRACT: Naturalistic decision-making typically involves sequential deployment of attention to choice alternatives to gather information before a decision is made. Attention filters how information enters decision circuits, thus implying that attentional control may shape how decision computations unfold. We recorded neuronal activity from three subregions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) while monkeys performed an attention-guided decision-making task. From the first saccade to decision-relevant information, a triple dissociation of decision- and attention-related computations emerged in parallel across PFC subregions. During subsequent saccades, orbitofrontal cortex activity reflected the value comparison between currently and previously attended information. In contrast, the anterior cingulate cor

SUBMITTER: Hunt LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6331040 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature