Optimality and heuristics in perceptual neuroscience

JL Gardner - Nature neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
The foundation for modern understanding of how we make perceptual decisions about what
we see or where to look comes from considering the optimal way to perform these …

Mice alternate between discrete strategies during perceptual decision-making

ZC Ashwood, NA Roy, IR Stone… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Classical models of perceptual decision-making assume that subjects use a single,
consistent strategy to form decisions, or that decision-making strategies evolve slowly over …

[HTML][HTML] Sensory choices as logistic classification

M Carandini - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Logistic classification is a simple way to make choices based on a set of factors: give each
factor a weight, sum the results, and use the sum to set the log odds of a random draw. This …

Reinforcement biases subsequent perceptual decisions when confidence is low, a widespread behavioral phenomenon

A Lak, E Hueske, J Hirokawa, P Masset, T Ott, AE Urai… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Learning from successes and failures often improves the quality of subsequent decisions.
Past outcomes, however, should not influence purely perceptual decisions after task …

Illusion of visual stability through active perceptual serial dependence

M Manassi, D Whitney - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Despite a noisy and ever-changing visual world, our perceptual experience seems
remarkably stable over time. How does our visual system achieve this apparent stability …

Abstract perceptual choice signals during action-linked decisions in the human brain

F Sandhaeger, N Omejc, AA Pape, M Siegel - Plos Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Humans can make abstract choices independent of motor actions. However, in laboratory
tasks, choices are typically reported with an associated action. Consequentially, knowledge …

A general recurrent state space framework for modeling neural dynamics during decision-making

D Zoltowski, J Pillow… - … Conference on Machine …, 2020 - proceedings.mlr.press
An open question in systems and computational neuroscience is how neural circuits
accumulate evidence towards a decision. Fitting models of decision-making theory to neural …

Response outcomes gate the impact of expectations on perceptual decisions

A Hermoso-Mendizabal, A Hyafil… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Perceptual decisions are based on sensory information but can also be influenced by
expectations built from recent experiences. Can the impact of expectations be flexibly …

Opposite effects of choice history and evidence history resolve a paradox of sequential choice bias

E Bosch, M Fritsche, BV Ehinger… - Journal of vision, 2020 - jov.arvojournals.org
Perceptual decisions are biased toward previous decisions. Earlier research suggests that
this choice repetition bias is increased after previous decisions of high confidence, as …

[HTML][HTML] Prefrontal cortex represents heuristics that shape choice bias and its integration into future behavior

G Mochol, R Kiani, R Moreno-Bote - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Goal-directed behavior requires integrating sensory information with prior knowledge about
the environment. Behavioral biases that arise from these priors could increase positive …