Cognitive neuroscience: Mental replay in monkeys

Aaron P Batista; Gregory D Horwitz

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.061

Cognitive neuroscience: Mental replay in monkeys

Curr Biol. 2022 May 9;32(9):R430-R432. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.061.

Authors

Aaron P Batista¹, Gregory D Horwitz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bioengineering and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35537397
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.061

Abstract

Cognition allows sensory experiences to inform later actions in flexible ways. A new study shows that, in a cognitively demanding task, monkeys store visual information in short-term memory and replay it when they need it to make a decision.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Cognition
Cognitive Neuroscience*
Haplorhini
Memory, Short-Term