Modulation by context of a scene in monkey anterior inferotemporal cortex during a saccadic eye movement task.
We investigated the effect of a scene on the activity of cells in the anterior inferotemporal (AIT) cortex while the monkey performed a saccadic eye movement (SEM) task with and without the context of a scene (gray frame). Most neurons did not code for the presence of a scene when it appeared alone (monkey free viewing) or when the monkey was fixating. Nevertheless, when a peripheral target was turned on and the monkey had to make a SEM to it, some cells were capable of differentially coding the presence of the scene before and after the saccade.
Lima
Bruss
B
Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Biophysics, Carlos Changas Filho Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fiorani
Mario
M
Gattass
Ricardo
R
D000818:Animals; D002428:Cebus; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000166:cytology*; D014794:Visual Fields