Physiological state gates sensorimotor cortical processing and goal-directed behavior.

Neuron

Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2022

Goal-directed behavior is often studied under food- and water-restricted states. A study by Matteucci et al. in this issue of Neuron reveals that task performance and sensorimotor cortical encoding are impaired under both low and high motivational states but improve with physiological adaption.

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