Laminar architecture of visual and auditory responses in the supplementary eye field of macaques

Using linear electrode arrays in and around the supplementary eye field, this paper compares the prevalence, latency and laminar organization of visual and auditory responses across pyramidal neurons and interneurons.

June 2026 · Pranavan Thirunavukkarasu, Steven P. Errington, Amirsaman Sajad, Benjamin W. Corrigan, & Jeffrey D. Schall

Cortical origin of theta error signals

Using a multi-scale biophysical model of the macaque supplementary eye field, this paper identifies the cellular origins of the error-related negativity and its theta rhythm, linking laminar current sources to the error-related negativity and the post-error positivity.

November 2023 · Beatriz Herrera, Amirsaman Sajad, Steven P. Errington, Jeffrey D. Schall, & Jorge J. Riera

Neurophysiological mechanisms of error monitoring in human and non-human primates

This review article explores the relationship between performance monitoring, frontal cortex function, and psychiatric disorders by discussing findings from studies on macaques and humans, highlighting the identification of specific neurons associated with error monitoring and proposing a theoretical framework that offers new insights into error signal computation in both species.

January 2023 · Zhongzheng Fu, Amirsaman Sajad, Steven P. Errington, Jeffrey D. Schall, & Ueli Rutishauser

Functional architecture of executive control and associated event-related potentials in macaques

This paper describes signals in the Supplementary Eye Field that are modulated after successful response inhibition. We describe the properties of these neurons across cortical layers, and how these signals relate to event-related potentials recorded over the scalp.

October 2022 · Amirsaman Sajad*, Steven P. Errington *, & Jeffrey D. Schall

Dissociation of medial frontal β-bursts and executive control

Recording EEG over medial frontal cortex of macaques performing a stop-signal task, we replicated the β-bursts seen in humans when movements are cancelled, but found they occur too infrequently to account for stopping behaviour. This raises doubts about whether β-bursts are a causal mechanism of response inhibition.

November 2020 · Steven P. Errington, Geoffrey F. Woodman, & Jeffrey D. Schall