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Habituation-like decrease in the responses of neurons in inferior temporal cortex of the macaque

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Earl K. Miller ,
Paul M. Gochin  and
Charles G. Gross
Earl K. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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Abstract

In both anesthetized and behaving macaques, we examined the responses of neurons in the inferior temporal cortex (IT) to repeated presentation of a visual stimulus. In anesthetized animals, the responsiveness of IT neurons decreased with repeated stimulus presentation at interstimulus intervals (ISIs) of 2–12 s but not at 20 s. Responsiveness recovered after a 5-min period of no stimulus presentation. The response decrement was similar in anesthetized and awake animals at a 2-s ISI, but at a 6-s ISI, response decrement in the awake animal was much less.

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HabituationInferior temporal cortexVisual cortex

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 357 - 362
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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