Pan-Tong Yao
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Pan-Tong Yao has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Jia Shen
Stony Brook University
1 shared publication - Liang Chen
Stony Brook University
1 shared publication - Qiaojie Xiong
Affiliation Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
1 shared publication - Shaoyu Ge
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
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Cortical ensemble activity discriminates auditory attentional states
Selective attention modulates sensory cortical activity. It remains unclear how auditory cortical activity represents stimuli that differ behaviorally. We designed a cross-modality task in which mice made decisions to obtain rewards based on attended visual or auditory stimuli. We recorded auditory cortical activity in behaving mice attending to, ignoring, or passively hearing auditory stimuli. Engaging in the task bidirectionally modulates neuronal responses to the auditory stimuli in both the attended and ignored conditions compared to passive hearing. Neuronal ensemble activity in response to stimuli under attended, ignored and passive conditions are readily distinguishable. Furthermore, ensemble activity under attended and ignored conditions are in closer states compared to passive condition, and they share a component of attentional modulation which drives them to the same direction in the population activity space. Our findings suggest that task engagement changes sensory cortical representations across modalities in the same directions, and cross-modality attention may differentially modulates attended and ignored modalities.
Open AccessCortical ensemble activity discriminates auditory attentional states
Selective attention modulates sensory cortical activity. It remains unclear how auditory cortical activity represents stimuli that differ behaviorally. We designed a cross-modality task in which mice made decisions to obtain rewards based on attended visual or auditory stimuli. We recorded auditory cortical activity in behaving mice attending to, ignoring, or passively hearing auditory stimuli. Engaging in the task bidirectionally modulates neuronal responses to the auditory stimuli in both the attended and ignored conditions compared to passive hearing. Neuronal ensemble activity in response to stimuli under attended, ignored and passive conditions are readily distinguishable. Furthermore, ensemble activity under attended and ignored conditions are in closer states compared to passive condition, and they share a component of attentional modulation which drives them to the same direction in the population activity space. Our findings suggest that task engagement changes sensory cortical representations across modalities in the same directions, and cross-modality attention may differentially modulates attended and ignored modalities.