感覚ニューロンの意思決定関連の活動は,ニューロンの因果効果以上のことを反映しています
Hendrikje Nienborg1, Bruce G Cumming
1Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 49 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. hnienb@gmail.com
Nature
|March 10, 2009
まとめ
感覚ニューロン騒音だけでなく,上から下の脳プロセスは,知覚的な意思決定に影響を与えます. これは,複雑な認知相互作用が,単純な感覚的選択を形作ることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- コグニティブ・サイエンス コグニティブ・サイエンス
- 意思決定 意思決定をする
背景:
- 感覚神経細胞の活動は,同じ刺激であっても,意思決定中の知覚と相関しています.
- この相関の起源は議論されている:感覚ニューロンの因果的なノイズと上から下の脳状態.
研究 の 目的:
- 感覚神経細胞における選択に関連する活動の起源を調査する.
- 感覚と意思決定の相関について,ボトムアップ (因果的なノイズ) とトップダウン (脳の状態) の説明を区別する.
主な方法:
- マカカのV2ニューロン調節機能のホワイトノイズ分析.
- 感知的な意思決定に対する刺激効果の同時測定.
- 神経細胞の活動と意思決定に対する報酬の大きさの影響の分析.
主要な成果:
- 刺激の影響と選択に関連する活動の測定は,時間とともに反対方向に変化し,因果的モデルに矛盾した.
- 報酬の規模分析は,因果的モデルを拒絶することを支持した.
- 選択に関連した活動は,因果モデルと相容れない神経増益の変化を示した.
結論:
- トップダウンプロセスは,注意に似たもので,選択に関連したニューロンの増益の変化を引き起こす可能性があります.
- 認知プロセスは,知覚的決定を形成する際に,感覚ニューロンと有意に相互作用します.
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