Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex
The current study aimed to resolve some of the inconsistencies in the literature on which mental processes affect auditory cortical activity. To this end, we studied auditory cortical firing in four monkeys with different experience while they were involved in six conditions with different arrangeme...
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| author | Stanislava Knyazeva Elena Selezneva Alexander Gorkin Frank W. Ohl Frank W. Ohl Frank W. Ohl Michael Brosch Michael Brosch |
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| description | The current study aimed to resolve some of the inconsistencies in the literature on which mental processes affect auditory cortical activity. To this end, we studied auditory cortical firing in four monkeys with different experience while they were involved in six conditions with different arrangements of the task components sound, motor action, and water reward. Firing rates changed most strongly when a sound-only condition was compared to a condition in which sound was paired with water. Additional smaller changes occurred in more complex conditions in which the monkeys received water for motor actions before or after sounds. Our findings suggest that auditory cortex is most strongly modulated by the subjects’ level of arousal, thus by a psychological concept related to motor activity triggered by reinforcers and to readiness for operant behavior. Our findings also suggest that auditory cortex is involved in associative and emotional functions, but not in agency and cognitive effort. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f37d8602ada14369aa51e4203ebc11ca2022-12-22T03:57:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2020-04-011410.3389/fnins.2020.00306501679Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory CortexStanislava Knyazeva0Elena Selezneva1Alexander Gorkin2Frank W. Ohl3Frank W. Ohl4Frank W. Ohl5Michael Brosch6Michael Brosch7Leibniz Institut für Neurobiologie, Magdeburg, GermanyLeibniz Institut für Neurobiologie, Magdeburg, GermanyInstitute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RussiaLeibniz Institut für Neurobiologie, Magdeburg, GermanyInstitute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, GermanyCenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, GermanyLeibniz Institut für Neurobiologie, Magdeburg, GermanyCenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, GermanyThe current study aimed to resolve some of the inconsistencies in the literature on which mental processes affect auditory cortical activity. To this end, we studied auditory cortical firing in four monkeys with different experience while they were involved in six conditions with different arrangements of the task components sound, motor action, and water reward. Firing rates changed most strongly when a sound-only condition was compared to a condition in which sound was paired with water. Additional smaller changes occurred in more complex conditions in which the monkeys received water for motor actions before or after sounds. Our findings suggest that auditory cortex is most strongly modulated by the subjects’ level of arousal, thus by a psychological concept related to motor activity triggered by reinforcers and to readiness for operant behavior. Our findings also suggest that auditory cortex is involved in associative and emotional functions, but not in agency and cognitive effort.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2020.00306/fullclassical conditioninginstrumental conditioningagencymonkeysound (audio) processing |
| spellingShingle | Stanislava Knyazeva Elena Selezneva Alexander Gorkin Frank W. Ohl Frank W. Ohl Frank W. Ohl Michael Brosch Michael Brosch Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex Frontiers in Neuroscience classical conditioning instrumental conditioning agency monkey sound (audio) processing |
| title | Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex |
| title_full | Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex |
| title_fullStr | Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex |
| title_short | Representation of Auditory Task Components and of Their Relationships in Primate Auditory Cortex |
| title_sort | representation of auditory task components and of their relationships in primate auditory cortex |
| topic | classical conditioning instrumental conditioning agency monkey sound (audio) processing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2020.00306/full |
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