Contextual gating of whisker-evoked responses by frontal cortex supports flexible decision making

Nature Communications, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73622-y Sensory stimuli have different implications depending upon context. Here, the authors report prominent context-dependent integration of whisker sensation with auditory working memory cues in frontal cortex directly downstream of somatosensory cortex.