Event files: feature binding in and across perception and action.

Area of Science:

• Neuroscience
• Cognitive Science
• Computational Neuroscience

Background:

• The primate brain processes perceived events using distributed neural codes.
• Integrating these distributed codes is crucial for understanding how the brain relates information about the same event.
• Existing models like 'object files' address episodic bindings in perception.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a framework for understanding how the brain integrates distributed codes across perception, action planning, and sensorimotor processing.
• To introduce the concept of 'event files' as multi-layered networks of bindings for linking diverse neural information.
• To explain how these bindings lead to interactions and impairments between perception and action.

Main Methods:

• Theoretical argument and conceptual framework development.
• Integration of findings from perception, action planning, and sensorimotor processing research.
• Hypothesizing the role of multi-layered binding networks ('event files').

Main Results:

• Distributed neural codes for perceived events are integrated through 'event files'.
• 'Event files' temporarily link perceptual events, task context, and actions.
• These bindings systematically influence perception-action interactions and can lead to impairments.

Conclusions:

• The 'event file' framework provides a unified account for integrating distributed codes in the primate brain.
• Temporary binding networks are essential for coherent cognitive processing involving perception and action.
• Understanding 'event files' sheds light on complex interactions and potential deficits in cognitive functions.