A Mixed-Filter Algorithm for Dynamically Tracking Learning from Multiple Behavioral and Neurophysiological Measures

Todd P. Coleman, Marianna Yanike, Wendy A. Suzuki, Emery N. Brown

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Abstract

Learning is a dynamic process generally defined as a change in behavior as a result of experience. Behavioral performance is commonly measured with continuous variables (reaction times) as well as binary variables (correct/incorrect task execution). When neural activity is recorded at the same time as behavioral measures, an important question is the extent to which neural correlates can be associated with the changes in behavior. Recent work has combined subsets of the three aforementioned modalities to understand learning. In this work, we develop an analysis of learning within a state-space framework of simultaneously recorded continuous and binary performance measures along with neural spiking activity modeled as a point process. This chapter illustrates our approach in the analysis of a simulated learning experiment, and an actual learning experiment, in which a monkey rapidly learns new associations within a single session.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Dynamic Brain
Subtitle of host publicationAn Exploration of Neuronal Variability and Its Functional Significance
PublisherOxford University Press
Volume9780195393798
ISBN (Electronic)9780199897049
ISBN (Print)9780195393798
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 22 2011

Keywords

  • Behavioral measures
  • Cognitive state
  • Learning
  • Neurophysiology
  • Recursive filter
  • State-space model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities

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