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    • Visual Perception

    Background:

    • Efficient visual behavior requires prioritizing relevant information and filtering distractions.
    • Predictable sensory contexts enhance behavioral efficiency by modulating sensory processing.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how predictable visual routines influence cortical columnar processing in the visual cortex.
    • To examine the neural mechanisms underlying improved visual search performance due to attentional priming.

    Main Methods:

    • Laminar neurophysiology in macaque visual cortex measuring population spiking.
    • Utilizing a feature-based pop-out visual search task with manipulated predictability via attentional priming.

    Main Results:

    • Predictable stimulus arrays led to improved behavioral performance.
    • Neuronal attentional target selection occurred earlier, with reduced response variability to predictable targets.
    • More effective distractor suppression resulted from adapted feedforward processing of frequent distractors.
    • Independent mechanisms for target enhancement and distractor suppression were identified.

    Conclusions:

    • Predictions from experience alter visual columnar processing to optimize attentional selection.
    • Streamlined feedforward signaling enhances visual behavior under predictable conditions.
    • Predictability strengthens feedforward responses to targets and improves distractor suppression via adapted sensory representations.