Recent advancements in cognitive neuroscience have afforded a description of neural
responses in terms of latent algorithmic operations. However, the adoption of this approach …

Successful goal-directed behavior requires not only correct action selection, planning, and
execution but also the ability to flexibly adapt behavior when performance problems occur or …

Reliable sensory discrimination must arise from high-fidelity neural representations and
communication between brain areas. However, how neocortical sensory processing …

Economic approaches to decision making assume that people attach values to prospective
goods and act to maximize their obtained value. Neuroeconomics strives to observe these …

We present evidence that a multitude of mid‐frontal event‐related potential (ERP)
components partially reflect a common theta band oscillatory process. Specifically, mid …

Successful goal-directed behavior critically depends on performance monitoring, a set of
cognitive and affective functions determining whether adaptive control is needed and, if so …

To behave adaptively, we must learn from the consequences of our actions. Studies using
event-related potentials (ERPs) have been informative with respect to the question of how …

Abstract Changes in response contingencies require adjusting ones assumptions about
outcomes of behaviors. Such adaptation processes are driven by reward prediction error …

Brains use predictive models to facilitate the processing of expected stimuli or planned
actions. Under a predictive model, surprising (low probability) stimuli or actions necessitate …

We often change our decisions and judgments to conform with normative group behavior.
However, the neural mechanisms of social conformity remain unclear. Here we show, using …