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This research examines how prefrontal cortex neural activity supports cognitive flexibility and adapts to shifting task demands.

April 1, 2013NeuronOpen Access

Dynamic Coding for Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex

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MSMark G. StokesUniversity of Oxford MKMakoto KusunokiMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit NSNatasha SigalaBrighton and Sussex Medical School

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Randomized trial reveals how neural patterns in the prefrontal cortex support flexible decision making, suggesting implications for understanding cognitive control.

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This research examines how prefrontal cortex neural activity supports cognitive flexibility and adapts to shifting task demands.
Utilized time-resolved population-level neural pattern analyses in primates
Investigated neural responses to context-dependent rules during decision making
Analyzed transitions in neural activity following instruction cues
Demonstrated rapid state transitions triggered by instruction cues
Found that postcue states were tuned depending on the current task rule
Showed initial stimulus-specific responses evolved into distinct decision-related states based on context

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Stokes et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20cbe9d074c475219a8a42 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.01.039

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Randomized trial reveals how neural patterns in the prefrontal cortex support flexible decision making, suggesting implications for understanding cognitive control.

Dynamic Coding for Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex

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