Fig. 3: Mediodorsal thalamic phase bifurcation mediates prefrontal contributions to visual detection. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Mediodorsal thalamic phase bifurcation mediates prefrontal contributions to visual detection.

From: Rhythmic interactions between the mediodorsal thalamus and prefrontal cortex precede human visual perception

Fig. 3

a Visualisation of the proposed mediation model. Pre-stimulus low-frequency phase patterns within the medial prefrontal cortex predict visual perceptual performance both directly and/or indirectly via the mediodorsal thalamus. Statistical analysis suggests that the indirect pathway (ab) better predicts behavioural performance than the direct pathway. b The predictive power of the observed indirect path (ab, black line) on behavioural performance relative to chance (green histogram bars; n = 1000 permutations). MD mediodorsal thalamus, mPFC medial prefrontal cortex. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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