子空间正交化作为一种将值绑定到空间的机制。
Subspace orthogonalization as a mechanism for binding values to space.
作者信息
Johnston W Jeffrey, Fine Justin M, Yoo Seng Bum Michael, Ebitz R Becket, Hayden Benjamin Y
机构信息
Center for Theoretical Neuroscience and Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind, Brain, and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Department of Neuroscience, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
出版信息
ArXiv. 2023 Feb 2:arXiv:2205.06769v2.
When choosing between options, we must solve an important binding problem. The values of the options must be associated with information about the action needed to select them. We hypothesize that the brain solves this binding problem through use of distinct population subspaces. To test this hypothesis, we examined the responses of single neurons in five reward-sensitive regions in rhesus macaques performing a risky choice task. In all areas, neurons encoded the value of the offers presented on both the left and the right side of the display in semi-orthogonal subspaces, which served to bind the values of the two offers to their positions in space. Supporting the idea that this orthogonalization is functionally meaningful, we observed a session-to-session covariation between choice behavior and the orthogonalization of the two value subspaces: trials with less orthogonalized subspaces were associated with greater likelihood of choosing the less valued option. Further inspection revealed that these semi-orthogonal subspaces arose from a combination of linear and nonlinear mixed selectivity in the neural population. We show this combination of selectivity balances reliable binding with an ability to generalize value across different spatial locations. These results support the hypothesis that semi-orthogonal subspaces support reliable binding, which is essential to flexible behavior in the face of multiple options.
在选项之间进行选择时,我们必须解决一个重要的绑定问题。选项的值必须与有关选择它们所需行动的信息相关联。我们假设大脑通过使用不同的群体子空间来解决这个绑定问题。为了验证这一假设,我们研究了恒河猴在执行风险选择任务时五个奖励敏感区域中单个神经元的反应。在所有区域中,神经元在半正交子空间中编码显示在左侧和右侧的选项的值,这有助于将两个选项的值与其在空间中的位置绑定。支持这种正交化在功能上有意义这一观点的是,我们观察到选择行为与两个值子空间的正交化之间存在逐次会话的协变:子空间正交化程度较低的试验与选择价值较低选项的可能性更大相关。进一步检查发现,这些半正交子空间源于神经群体中线性和非线性混合选择性的组合。我们表明,这种选择性组合在可靠绑定与跨不同空间位置泛化值的能力之间取得了平衡。这些结果支持了半正交子空间支持可靠绑定的假设,这对于面对多个选项时的灵活行为至关重要。