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Position- and scale-invariant object-centered spatial localization in monkey frontoparietal cortex dynamically adapts to cognitive demand

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  • Bahareh Taghizadeh

    (German Primate Center
    Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM))

  • Ole Fortmann

    (German Primate Center
    University of Göttingen)

  • Alexander Gail

    (German Primate Center
    University of Göttingen
    Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
    Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition)

Abstract

Egocentric encoding is a well-known property of brain areas along the dorsal pathway. Different to previous experiments, which typically only demanded egocentric spatial processing during movement preparation, we designed a task where two male rhesus monkeys memorized an on-the-object target position and then planned a reach to this position after the object re-occurred at variable location with potentially different size. We found allocentric (in addition to egocentric) encoding in the dorsal stream reach planning areas, parietal reach region and dorsal premotor cortex, which is invariant with respect to the position, and, remarkably, also the size of the object. The dynamic adjustment from predominantly allocentric encoding during visual memory to predominantly egocentric during reach planning in the same brain areas and often the same neurons, suggests that the prevailing frame of reference is less a question of brain area or processing stream, but more of the cognitive demands.

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  • Bahareh Taghizadeh & Ole Fortmann & Alexander Gail, 2024. "Position- and scale-invariant object-centered spatial localization in monkey frontoparietal cortex dynamically adapts to cognitive demand," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47554-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47554-4
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