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Visual simulation, essential for daily tasks, involves internal world modeling. This study found that sequence monitoring regions, specifically lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) ramping, are crucial for visual simulation across species.

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Cognitive Science
Comparative Psychology

Background:

Visual simulation is key for daily tasks, enabling internal world modeling and navigation.
Visuomotor regions support complex visual simulations in humans and nonhuman primates.
Cognitive processes underlying visual simulation remain largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the role of sequential monitoring neural areas in visual simulation.
To test the hypothesis that lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) activity is involved in visual simulation.
To examine cross-species similarities in neural mechanisms supporting visual simulation.

Main Methods:

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to measure brain activity.
Humans and a macaque monkey performed a visual simulation task called "Planko."
Lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) activity patterns, specifically monotonic increases (ramping), were analyzed.

Main Results:

LPFC ramping was observed in both humans and the macaque monkey.
This LPFC ramping was specific to the visual simulation task condition.
The findings demonstrated cross-species consistency in neural activity during visual simulation.

Conclusions:

Visual simulation relies on neural areas involved in sequence monitoring.
Lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) plays a conserved role in visual simulation across species.
This research provides a foundation for understanding the cognitive and neural basis of visual simulation.