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Comment on “In Monkeys Making Value-Based Decisions, LIP Neurons Encode Cue Salience and Not Action Value”

Year: 2013

Type: letter

Abstract: Leathers and Olson (Reports, 5 October 2012, p. 132) draw the strong conclusion that neurons in the monkey lateral intraparietal (LIP) cortical area encode only cue salience, and not action value, during value-based decision-making. Although their findings regarding cue salience are interesting, their broader conclusions are problematic because (i) their primary conclusion is based on responses observed during a brief interval at the beginning of behavioral trials but is extended to all subsequent temporal epochs and (ii) the authors failed to replicate basic hallmarks of LIP physiology observed in those subsequent temporal epochs by many laboratories.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1233214

Authors: William T. Newsome, Paul W. Glimcher, Jacqueline Gottlieb, Daeyeol Lee, Michael L. Platt

Institutions: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, New York University, Columbia University, Yale University, Duke University

Language: English

Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

Award: Animal Model of Genetics and Social Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders

OpenAlex ID: W2007032244

Cites: 28

Cited by: 13

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