Pupil-linked phasic arousal evoked by violation but not emergence of regularity within rapid sound sequences

oleh: Sijia Zhao, Maria Chait, Fred Dick, Peter Dayan, Shigeto Furukawa, Hsin-I Liao

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-09-01

Deskripsi

The neurotransmitter Norepinephrine (NE) has been implicated in coding surprise during decision making. Here, the authors demonstrate that this extends to sensory processing: NE release is specific to unexpected events even on extremely rapid time scales and without explicit tracking of probability.