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  • Neuroscience
  • Animal Behavior
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Complex animal behaviors involve intricate cognitive processes and ubiquitous movements.
  • Neural activity is strongly linked to both cognition and movement, making it difficult to distinguish their underlying dynamics.
  • A key question is whether cognitive and motor processes are separable or driven by shared neural mechanisms.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive and motor processes can be dynamically separated using advanced analytical methods.
  • Neural encoding of cognitive and motor variables is largely segregated, not uniformly mixed.
  • Accurate isolation of neural dynamics is crucial for understanding neural circuit function and cell-type roles.