Single neurons in prefrontal cortex encode abstract rules.

Abstract:

:The ability to abstract principles or rules from direct experience allows behaviour to extend beyond specific circumstances to general situations. For example, we learn the 'rules' for restaurant dining from specific experiences and can then apply them in new restaurants. The use of such rules is thought to depend on the prefrontal cortex (PFC) because its damage often results in difficulty in following rules. Here we explore its neural basis by recording from single neurons in the PFC of monkeys trained to use two abstract rules. They were required to indicate whether two successively presented pictures were the same or different depending on which rule was currently in effect. The monkeys performed this task with new pictures, thus showing that they had learned two general principles that could be applied to stimuli that they had not yet experienced. The most prevalent neuronal activity observed in the PFC reflected the coding of these abstract rules.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Wallis JD,Anderson KC,Miller EK

doi

10.1038/35082081

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-06-21 00:00:00

pages

953-6

issue

6840

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

35082081

journal_volume

411

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