Neuronal Correlates of the Perceptual Invariance of Words and Other Sounds in the Supplementary Motor Area of Macaques

Author:

Melchor Jonathan,Morán Isaac,Vergara José,Figueroa Tonatiuh,Perez-Orive Javier,Lemus LuisORCID

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe supplementary motor area (SMA) of the brain is critical for integrating memory and sensory signals into perceptual decisions. For example, in macaques, SMA activity correlates with decisions based on the comparison of sounds.1 In humans, functional MRI shows SMA activation during the invariant recognition of words pronounced by different speakers.2 Nevertheless, the neuronal correlates of perceptual invariance are unknown. Here we show that the SMA of macaques associates novel sounds with behaviors triggered by similar learned categories when recognizing sounds such as words. Notably, the neuronal activity at single and population levels correlates with the monkeys’ behaviors (e.g. hits and false alarms). Our results demonstrate that invariant recognitions of complex sounds involve premotor computations in areas other than the temporal and parietal speech areas. Therefore, we propose that perceptual invariance depends on motor predictions and not only sensory representations. We anticipate that studies on speech will observe sensory-motor transformations of acoustic information into motor skills.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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