I think it's very interesting that we are focusing our attention on the direct involvement of prefrontal areas in guiding actions within our everyday behavioral context

Each area differently contributes to the encoding of visual features and to the exploitation of contextual information for guiding behavior. A summary view of the findings in the figure below (5/5)

The actual execution or withholding of grasping actions predominantly activates neurons in the intermediate VLPF areas, particularly in middle 46v. This indicates that these areas, may primarily contribute to action selection and guidance (4/5)

The passive presentation of visual stimuli primarily activates neurons in the caudal VLPF areas, especially in caudal 12r. This suggests that these areas, consistently with their strong connections with the inferotemporal cortex, represent the first VLPF stage of visual processing (3/5).

The coding of different task phases and the behavioral rule is observed across all recorded areas, indicating a distributed representation of these processes within VLPF, which is in line with the strong interconnection among prefrontal areas (2/5)

Finally, decoding analyses on the neural activity show that each VLPF area has a shared neural code across specific epochs of the visuomotor task, suggesting that each area plays a distinct role in encoding the contextual information relevant for behavior (5/5).

Demixed principal component analysis (dPCA) of neural activity reveals that each subdivision of VLPF is characterized by distinct functional features related to the encoding ofboth the task rule (behavioral condition) and the type of stimulus (4/5).

The execution or withholding of grasping actions predominantly activates neurons in the intermediate VLPF areas, which could contribute to the selection and guidance of contextually appropriate actions, in line with their strong connections to the parietal and premotor cortices (3/5).

The passive presentation of visual stimuli primarily activates neurons in the caudal VLPF areas. This suggests that these regions represent the first VLPF processing stage of visual input, consistent with their strong connections to the inferotemporal cortex (2/5)

The passive presentation of visual stimuli primarily activates neurons in the caudal VLPF areas. This suggests that these regions represent the first VLPF processing stage of visual input, consistent with their strong connections to the inferotemporal cortex (2/5)

Finally, decoding analyses on the neural activity show that each VLPF area has a shared neural code across specific epochs of the visuomotor task, suggesting that each area plays a distinct role in encoding the contextual information relevant for behavior (5/5).

Demixed principal component analysis (dPCA) of neural activity reveals that each subdivision of VLPF is characterized by distinct functional features related to the encoding ofboth the task rule (behavioral condition) and the type of stimulus (4/5).

The execution or withholding of grasping actions predominantly activates neurons in the intermediate VLPF areas, which could contribute to the selection and guidance of contextually appropriate actions, in line with their strong connections to the parietal and premotor cortices (3/5).

The passive presentation of visual stimuli primarily activates neurons in the caudal VLPF areas. This suggests that these regions represent the first VLPF processing stage of visual input, consistent with their strong connections to the inferotemporal cortex (2/5)