A Diversity of Intrinsic Timescales Underlie Neural Computations.

ABSTRACT: Neural processing occurs across a range of temporal scales. To facilitate this, the brain uses fast-changing representations reflecting momentary sensory input alongside more temporally extended representations, which integrate across both short and long temporal windows. The temporal flexibility of these representations allows animals to behave adaptively. Short temporal windows facilitate adaptive responding in dynamic environments, while longer temporal windows promote the gradual integration of information across time. In the cognitive and motor domains, the brain sets overarching goals to be achieved within a long temporal window, which must be broken down into sequences of actions and precise movement control processed across much shorter temporal windows. Previous human neuroimaging

SUBMITTER: Cavanagh SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7779632 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature