Performance monitoring by the supplementary eye field

Veit Stuphorn, Tracy L. Taylor and Jeffrey D. Schall ()
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Veit Stuphorn: Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University
Tracy L. Taylor: Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University
Jeffrey D. Schall: Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University

Nature, 2000, vol. 408, issue 6814, 857-860

Abstract: Abstract Intelligent behaviour requires self-control based on the consequences of actions. The countermanding task is designed to study self-control; it requires subjects to withhold planned movements in response to an imperative stop signal, which they can do with varying success. In humans, the medial frontal cortex has been implicated in the supervisory control of action1,2,3. In monkeys, the supplementary eye field in the dorsomedial frontal cortex is involved in producing eye movements, but its precise function has not been clarified4. To investigate the role of the supplementary eye field in the control of eye movements, we recorded neural activity in macaque monkeys trained to perform an eye movement countermanding task. Distinct groups of neurons were active after errors, after successful withholding of a partially prepared movement, or in association with reinforcement. These three forms of activation could not be explained by sensory or motor factors. Our results lead us to put forward the hypothesis that the supplementary eye field contributes to monitoring the context and consequences of eye movements.

Date: 2000
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