Topic: spatial processing

Behavioural responses to identical stimuli differ depending on the context, history and goals of the individual. One way to dynamically modulate sensorimotor transformations is to emphasise or de-emphasise particular spatial locations, a process called selective spatial attention. Spatial processing and goal-directed behaviour are thought to be critically dependent on the superior colliculus (SC). Evidence for this comes from local single-unit recordings that reveal a spatial organisation of visual and behavioural representations. However, the broader population dynamics and mechanisms orchest