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01-04-2023 | Original Article

Influence of Recent Trial History on Interval Timing

Authors: Taorong Xie, Can Huang, Yijie Zhang, Jing Liu, Haishan Yao

Published in: Neuroscience Bulletin | Issue 4/2023

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Abstract

Interval timing is involved in a variety of cognitive behaviors such as associative learning and decision-making. While it has been shown that time estimation is adaptive to the temporal context, it remains unclear how interval timing behavior is influenced by recent trial history. Here we found that, in mice trained to perform a licking-based interval timing task, a decrease of inter-reinforcement interval in the previous trial rapidly shifted the time of anticipatory licking earlier. Optogenetic inactivation of the anterior lateral motor cortex (ALM), but not the medial prefrontal cortex, for a short time before reward delivery caused a decrease in the peak time of anticipatory licking in the next trial. Electrophysiological recordings from the ALM showed that the response profiles preceded by short and long inter-reinforcement intervals exhibited task-engagement-dependent temporal scaling. Thus, interval timing is adaptive to recent experience of the temporal interval, and ALM activity during time estimation reflects recent experience of interval.
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Metadata
Title
Influence of Recent Trial History on Interval Timing
Authors
Taorong Xie
Can Huang
Yijie Zhang
Jing Liu
Haishan Yao
Publication date
01-04-2023
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Published in
Neuroscience Bulletin / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1673-7067
Electronic ISSN: 1995-8218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-022-00954-2

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