Are task representations gated in macaque prefrontal cortex?
Neurons and Cognition
2023-06-30 v1
Authors:
Timo Flesch
, Valerio Mante
, William Newsome
, Andrew Saxe
, Christopher Summerfield
, David Sussillo
Abstract
A recent paper (Flesch et al, 2022) describes behavioural and neural data suggesting that task representations are gated in the prefrontal cortex in both humans and macaques. This short note proposes an alternative explanation for the reported results from the macaque data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.16733,
title = {Are task representations gated in macaque prefrontal cortex?},
author = {Timo Flesch and Valerio Mante and William Newsome and Andrew Saxe and Christopher Summerfield and David Sussillo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.16733},
year = {2023}
}
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