Simple perceptual decisions are ideally suited for studying the sensorimotor transformations
underlying flexible behavior [1, 2]. During perceptual detection, a noisy sensory signal is …

When perceptual decisions are coupled to a specific effector, preparatory motor cortical
activity may provide a window into the dynamics of the perceptual choice. Specifically …

Our actions are constantly guided by decisions based on sensory information. The motor
cortex is traditionally viewed as the final output stage in this process, merely executing motor …

During perceptual decision-making, responses in the middle temporal (MT) and lateral
intraparietal (LIP) areas appear to map onto theoretically defined quantities, with MT …

Direction-selective neurons in the middle temporal visual area (MT) are crucially involved in
motion perception, although it is not known exactly how the activity of these neurons is …

Recent research has clarified and revealed characteristics of perceptual and motor decision
processes in the brain. A democracy of sensory neurons discriminate the properties of a …

The events linking sensory discrimination to motor action remain unclear. It is not known, for
example, whether the motor areas of the frontal lobe receive the result of the discrimination …

The neural mechanism underlying simple perceptual decision-making in monkeys has been
recently conceptualized as an integrative process in which sensory evidence supporting …

Perceptual decisions that are used to select particular actions can appear to be formed in an
intentional framework, in which sensory evidence is converted directly into a plan to act …

Our choices often require appropriate actions to obtain a preferred outcome, but the neural
underpinnings that link decision making and action selection remain largely undetermined …