Fig. 4: The area-specific adaptation of neural timescales.

A We examined pairwise differences between areas’ change from the area-specific resting-baseline (\(\varDelta \tau\)) for each time point before and after the event of interest. Left: example statistical table with p values for the two-sided Mann–Whitney U-test with the shaded areas representing statistical significance at p < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction. Right: the color scheme of the individual areas and the color scheme of different time points (Note: used for indicating the associated statistical table). B The change from the area-specific resting-baseline for the time points before and after the first lever press. The tables depict the p value associated with each pairwise comparison for the five time points before and after the lever press. The shading represents statistical significance at p < 0.05 with Bonferroni correction (N = 280). Circles: median across sessions. (see supplementary Fig. 2N for sample size). C The change from area-specific resting-baseline for the time points before and after the final lever press. The tables depict the p value associated with each pairwise comparison for the five time points before and after the lever press. The shading represents statistical significance at p < 0.05 with Bonferroni correction (N = 280). Circles: median across sessions. (see supplementary Fig. 2O for sample size). OFC orbitofrontal cortex, VLPFC ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ACC anterior cingulate cortex, FEF frontal eye fields, PM premotor cortex, SMA supplementary motor area. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.