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Statistical Learning of Serial Visual Transitions by Neurons in Monkey Inferotemporal Cortex

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Meyer, T., Ramachandran, S., Olson, C. R.·2014·Journal of Neuroscience

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If monkeys repeatedly, over the course of weeks, view displays in which two images appear in fixed sequence, then neurons of inferotemporal cortex (ITC) come to exhibit prediction suppression. The response to the trailing image is weaker if it follows the leading image with which it was paired during training than if it follows some other leading image. Prediction suppression is a plausible neural mechanism for statistical learning of visual transitions such as has been demonstrated in behavioral studies of human infants and adults. However, in the human studies, subjects are exposed to continuous sequences in which the same image can be both predicted and predicting and statistical dependency can exist between nonadjacent items. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether prediction suppression in ITC develops under such circumstances. To resolve this issue, we exposed monkeys repeatedly to triplets of images presented in fixed order. The results indicate that prediction suppression can be induced by training not only with pairs of images but also with longer sequences.

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  • ES effects in macaque IT neurons emerge at early latencies (~150 ms).

    “These effects were sensitive to transitional statistics (e.g., the transition from Stimulus A to Stimulus B being more probable than from B to A), 90 , 91 persisted after controlling for RS, 88 , 89 and emerged at early latencies (∼150 ms). 88 , 90 , 91 , 92”
  • ES effects in macaque IT neurons are sensitive to transitional statistics.

    “These effects were sensitive to transitional statistics (e.g., the transition from Stimulus A to Stimulus B being more probable than from B to A), 90 , 91 persisted after controlling for RS, 88 , 89 and emerged at early latencies (∼150 ms). 88 , 90 , 91 , 92”
  • There is conflicting evidence regarding whether IT neurons are sensitive to statistical regularities present in nonadjacent stimuli from a sequence of images or whether these suppression effects are determined by the immediately preceding stimulus.

    “There is also conflicting evidence regarding whether IT neurons are sensitive to statistical regularities present in nonadjacent stimuli from a sequence of images 91 or whether these suppression effects are determined by the immediately preceding stimulus. 89 , 96”

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Authors
Meyer, T., Ramachandran, S., & Olson, C. R.
Affiliations
  • Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2014-07-09
Volume
34
Issue
28
Pages
9332-9337
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W1991888778
Cited by
70
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Pennsylvania Department of Health (P41RR03631)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH P50, EY08098, MH084053)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH084053, K08MH080329)
  • National Eye Institute (R01EY018620, P30EY008098)
  • National Center for Research Resources (P41RR003631)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
statistical learning, inferotemporal cortex, monkey visual cortex, image sequences, neural prediction, visual learning
MeSH terms
Animals, Cues, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Discrimination Learning, Female, Inhibition, Psychological, Macaca mulatta, Male, Models, Neurological, Neural Inhibition, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Temporal Lobe, Visual Cortex, Models, Statistical

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