Neural Correlates of Executive Control in the Avian Brain
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Rose, Jonas
Colombo, Michael
Abstract / Description
Executive control, the ability to plan one's behaviour to achieve a goal, is a hallmark of frontal lobe function in humans and other primates. In the current study we report neural correlates of executive control in the avian nidopallium
caudolaterale, a region analogous to the mammalian prefrontal cortex. Homing pigeons (Columba livia) performed a working memory task in which cues instructed them whether stimuli should be remembered or forgotten. When instructed to remember, many neurons showed sustained activation throughout the memory period. When instructed to forget, the sustained activation was abolished. Consistent with the neural data, the behavioural data showed that memory performance was high after instructions to remember, and dropped to chance after instructions to forget. Our findings indicate that neurons in the avian nidopallium caudolaterale participate in one of the core forms of executive control, the control of what should be remembered and what should be forgotten. This form of executive control is fundamental not only to working memory, but also to all cognition.
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Executive control neural correlates avian brain working memory taskPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2005
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Rose, Jonas
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Colombo, Michael
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Made available on2007-02-23
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Made available on2022-11-21T17:09:11Z
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Date of first publication2005
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Abstract / DescriptionExecutive control, the ability to plan one's behaviour to achieve a goal, is a hallmark of frontal lobe function in humans and other primates. In the current study we report neural correlates of executive control in the avian nidopallium caudolaterale, a region analogous to the mammalian prefrontal cortex. Homing pigeons (Columba livia) performed a working memory task in which cues instructed them whether stimuli should be remembered or forgotten. When instructed to remember, many neurons showed sustained activation throughout the memory period. When instructed to forget, the sustained activation was abolished. Consistent with the neural data, the behavioural data showed that memory performance was high after instructions to remember, and dropped to chance after instructions to forget. Our findings indicate that neurons in the avian nidopallium caudolaterale participate in one of the core forms of executive control, the control of what should be remembered and what should be forgotten. This form of executive control is fundamental not only to working memory, but also to all cognition.en
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Publication statusunknown
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ISSN1545-7885
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-9034
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1041
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.10873
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofRose J, Colombo M (2005) Neural Correlates of Executive Control in the Avian Brain. PLoS Biol 3(6): e190 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030190
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Keyword(s)Executive controlen
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Keyword(s)neural correlatesen
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Keyword(s)avian brainen
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Keyword(s)working memory tasken
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleNeural Correlates of Executive Control in the Avian Brainen
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DRO typearticle
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