Vacillation, indecision and hesitation in moment-by-moment decoding of monkey motor cortex

When choosing actions, we can act decisively, vacillate, or suffer momentary indecision. Studying how individual decisions unfold requires moment-by-moment readouts of brain state. Here we provide such a view from dorsal premotor and primary motor cortex. Two monkeys performed a novel decision task...

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Main Authors: Matthew T Kaufman, Mark M Churchland, Stephen I Ryu, Krishna V Shenoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/04677