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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages 925-931Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nn1714
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- NEI NIH HHS [P30-EY08126] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [P30-HD015052] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01-MH55806] Funding Source: Medline
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The supplementary eye field registers the occurrence of conflict, errors and reward in macaque monkeys performing a saccade-countermanding task. Using intracortical microstimulation, we determined whether the supplementary eye field only monitors or can actually influence performance. Weak microstimulation of many sites in the supplementary eye field improved monkeys' performance on a 'stop signal' task by delaying saccade initiation. This effect depended on the context of the task because simple visually guided saccades were not delayed by the same stimulation. These results demonstrate that the supplementary eye field can exert contextual executive control over saccade generation.
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