Initial-state-dependent, robust, transient neural dynamics encode conscious visual perception
Fig 3
PC topographies and single-trial trajectories in the SCP range.
(A) Topographical plots of the PC coefficients for the first 5 PCs in all 11 subjects, aligned across subjects using a correlation procedure (see Methods) to illustrate consistent patterns across subjects. Roman numerals indicate aligned PC topographies. Arabic numerals in the upper-right corner of each plot indicate the original PC ordering for each subject (in descending order of percent variance explained). (B) Single-trial activity trajectories from four representative subjects. Each thin trace represents trajectory averaged across five randomly selected, unique trials within a condition (seen or unseen). Thick lines indicate the average across all seen (black) or unseen (red) trials. Trajectories are plotted from 1 sec before to 3 sec after stimulus onset; black and red dots indicate their origins. Seen and unseen trials follow qualitatively different trajectories at the single-trial level.