Topic: target delay

The ability to sense elapsed time is central to complex cognitive functions, informing every day the decisions we take and the actions we make. Yet, how neural populations distributed across the brain keep track of time remains unclear. Here, we set out to investigate large-scale neural population activity associated with timing behaviour. We developed a self-paced behavioural paradigm in which head-fixed mice learn to initiate reaching movements towards a spout dispensing drops of water reward. Mice start each trial themselves by holding onto a bar; the reward is then only dispensed if a cert