Driving strategy alters neuronal responses to self-movement: Cortical mechanisms of distracted driving

Sarita Kishore, Noah Hornick, Nobuya Sato, William K. Page, Charles Duffy

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Abstract

We presented naturalistic combinations of virtual self-movement stimuli while recording neuronal activity in monkey cerebral cortex. Monkeys used a joystick to drive to a straight ahead heading direction guided by either object motion or optic flow. The selected cue dominates neuronal responses, often mimicking responses evoked when that stimulus is presented alone. In some neurons, driving strategy creates selective response additivities. In others, it creates vulnerabilities to the disruptive effects of independently moving objects. Such cue interactions may be related to the disruptive effects of independently moving objects in Alzheimer's disease patients with navigational deficits.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)201-208
Number of pages8
JournalCerebral Cortex
Volume22
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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