Extended Data Fig. 5: Relationship between task context (Pro/Anti) and choice (Contra/Ipsi) d’ across the SC population.

a, For each SC neuron, the signed Pro/Anti d’ computed at the time of peak Pro/Anti selectivity was plotted against the signed Choice d’ computed at the time of peak Choice selectivity. No correlation is observed (Pearson’s correlation coefficient r = 0.06, n = 193, P = 0.3821, t-test). b, Correlation between Pro/Anti d’ and Choice d’ for the whole SC population computed at all time points. The two black dashed lines in the color bar indicate the correlation values that are not significantly different from 0 (P > 0.05). The correlation is significantly different than 0 only at times shortly after the appearance of the target stimulus. Positive correlation corresponds to either a Pro (d’ > 0) and Contra (d’ > 0) preference or an Anti (d’ < 0) and Ipsi (d’ < 0) preference. Bin size = 250 ms, centered (that is, it includes spikes from ± 125 ms relative to the plotted timepoint.