TY - JOUR
T1 - Decision making as a window on cognition
AU - Shadlen, Michael N.
AU - Kiani, Roozbeh
N1 - Funding Information:
M.N.S. is supported by HHMI, NEI, and HFSP. We thank Helen Brew, Chris Fetsch, Naomi Odean, Daphna Shohamy, Luke Woloszyn, and Shushruth for helpful feedback.
PY - 2013/10/30
Y1 - 2013/10/30
N2 - A decision is a commitment to a proposition or plan of action based on information and values associated with the possible outcomes. The process operates in a flexible timeframe that is free from the immediacy of evidence acquisition and the real time demands of action itself. Thus, it involves deliberation, planning, and strategizing. This Perspective focuses on perceptual decision making in nonhuman primates and the discovery of neural mechanisms that support accuracy, speed, and confidence in a decision. We suggest that these mechanisms expose principles of cognitive function in general, and we speculate about the challenges and directions before the field.
AB - A decision is a commitment to a proposition or plan of action based on information and values associated with the possible outcomes. The process operates in a flexible timeframe that is free from the immediacy of evidence acquisition and the real time demands of action itself. Thus, it involves deliberation, planning, and strategizing. This Perspective focuses on perceptual decision making in nonhuman primates and the discovery of neural mechanisms that support accuracy, speed, and confidence in a decision. We suggest that these mechanisms expose principles of cognitive function in general, and we speculate about the challenges and directions before the field.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.047
DO - 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.047
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24183028
AN - SCOPUS:84887004840
SN - 0896-6273
VL - 80
SP - 791
EP - 806
JO - Neuron
JF - Neuron
IS - 3
ER -