Spontaneous movements and their impact on neural activity fluctuate with latent engagement states
Chaoqun Yin, Maxwell D Melin, Gabriel Rojas-Bowe, João Couto, Xiaonan Sun, Steven Gluf, Alex Kostiuk, Simon Musall, Anne K. Churchland
The paper shows that neural activity variance during disengagement in mice is driven by spontaneous movements not tied to task events, revealing a hidden neural signature of disengagement.
bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience