Single trial-based prediction of a go/no-go decision in monkey superior colliculus

Ryohei P. Hasegawa*, Yukako T. Hasegawa, Mark A. Segraves

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Abstract

While some decision-making processes often result in the generation of an observable action, for example eye or limb movements, others may prevent actions and occur without an overt behavioral response. To understand how these decisions are made, one must look directly at their neuronal substrates. We trained two monkeys on a go/no-go task which requires a saccade to a peripheral cue stimulus (go) or maintenance of fixation (no-go). We performed binary regressions on the activity of single neurons in the superior colliculus (SC), with the go/no-go decision as a predictor variable, and constructed a virtual decision function (VDF) designed to provide a good estimation of decision content and its timing in a single trial decision process. Post hoc analyses by VDF correctly predicted the monkey's choice in more than 80% of trials. These results suggest that monitoring of SC activity has sufficient capacity to predict go/no-go decisions on a trial-by-trial basis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1223-1232
Number of pages10
JournalNeural Networks
Volume19
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006

Funding

We thank Drs. Ken Ohta, Kenichiro Miura, Takio Kurita, Narihisa Matsumoto for comments on this article, Angela Nitzke for technical assistance, and the staff of Northwestern’s Center for Comparative Medicine for Animal Care. This study was supported by the NIH (EY08212) and the AIST. Correspondence should be addressed to RPH.

Keywords

  • Brain-machine interface
  • Decision-making
  • Monkey
  • Prediction
  • Saccade
  • Superior colliculus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

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