Abstract
Task-switching paradigms are ideal for studying how primates implement and apply rules. This chapter summarizes a large body of work conducted on the comparative primatology and neurophysiology of task-switching in macaque monkeys. This chapter presents ?ndings of rule representations from single-neuron recordings in the intraparietal sulcus in posterior parietal cortex and argues that rule representation and control is implemented by a network spanning both frontal and posterior brain regions. These ?ndings provide a useful model for studying neuronal representations of task rules and the neural processes that apply those rules.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Neuroscience of Rule-Guided Behavior |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199786695 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780195314274 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2007 |
Keywords
- Intraparietal sulcus
- Macaque monkeys
- Parietal cortex
- Task-switching