During moments involving selective attention, the thalamus orchestrates the preferential
processing of prioritized information by coordinating rhythmic neural activity within a …

Highlights•Computation noise drives human decision variability under uncertainty.•
Computation noise sets cognitive constraints on information processing.•Computation noise …

Trained monkeys performed a two-choice perceptual decision-making task in which they
reported the perceived orientation of a dynamic Glass pattern, before and after unilateral …

Perceptual decision-making is highly dependent on the momentary arousal state of the
brain, which fluctuates over time on a scale of hours, minutes, and even seconds. The …

The ability to process and respond to external input is critical for adaptive behavior. Why,
then, do neural and behavioral responses vary across repeated presentations of the same …

Removing power line noise and other frequency‐specific artifacts from electrophysiological
data without affecting neural signals remains a challenging task. Recently, an approach was …

Spontaneous neural activity fluctuations have been shown to influence trial-by-trial variation
in perceptual, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes. However, the complex …

Human and non-human animal behavior is highly malleable and adapts successfully to
internal and external demands. Such behavioral success stands in striking contrast to the …

Pre‐stimulus oscillatory neural activity has been linked to the level of awareness of sensory
stimuli. More specifically, the power of low‐frequency oscillations (primarily in the alpha …

Making rapid decisions on the basis of sensory information is essential to everyday
behaviors. Why, then, are perceptual decisions so variable despite unchanging inputs …