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Distractibility and impulsivity neural states are distinct from attention states and modulate the implementation of attention

View ORCID ProfileJL Amengual, View ORCID ProfileF Di Bello, View ORCID ProfileS Ben Hadj Hassen, View ORCID ProfileSuliann Ben Hamed
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.29.470379
JL Amengual
1Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS UMR 5229, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 67 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron Cedex, France
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F Di Bello
1Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS UMR 5229, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 67 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron Cedex, France
2Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, 0018, Rome, Italy
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S Ben Hadj Hassen
1Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS UMR 5229, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 67 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron Cedex, France
3Laboratory in Sensory Physiology, Otto Von Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Suliann Ben Hamed
1Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, CNRS UMR 5229, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 67 Boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron Cedex, France
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Abstract

In the context of visual attention, it has been classically assumed that missing the response to a target or erroneously selecting a distractor occurs as a consequence of the (miss)allocation of attention in space. In the present paper, we challenge this view and provide evidence that, in addition to encoding spatial attention, prefrontal neurons also encode a distractibility-to-impulsivity state. Using supervised dimensionality reduction techniques, we identify two partially overlapped neuronal subpopulations associated either with attention or overt behaviour. The degree of overlap accounts for the behavioural gain associated with the good allocation of attention. We further describe the neural variability accounting for distractibility-to-impulsivity behaviour by a two dimensional state associated with optimality in task and responsiveness. Overall, we thus show that behavioural performance arises from the integration of task-specific neuronal processes and pre-existing neuronal states describing task-independent behavioural states, shedding new light on attention disorders such as ADHD.

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Distractibility and impulsivity neural states are distinct from attention states and modulate the implementation of attention
JL Amengual, F Di Bello, S Ben Hadj Hassen, Suliann Ben Hamed
bioRxiv 2021.11.29.470379; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.29.470379
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Distractibility and impulsivity neural states are distinct from attention states and modulate the implementation of attention
JL Amengual, F Di Bello, S Ben Hadj Hassen, Suliann Ben Hamed
bioRxiv 2021.11.29.470379; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.29.470379

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