Publisher Summary Much of the research in behavioral economics focuses on how decision-
makers choose among various options when the information about the uncertain future …

The intersection between the fields of behavioral decision research and neuroscience has
proved to be fertile ground for interdisciplinary research. Whereas the former is rich in …

In value-based decisions, there are frequently multiple attributes, such as cost, quality, or
quantity, that contribute to the overall goodness of an option. Because one option may not …

Perceptual decision making is the process by which animals detect, discriminate, and
categorize information from the senses. Over the past two decades, understanding how …

Maladaptive decision-making is increasingly recognized to play a significant role in
numerous psychiatric disorders, such that therapeutics capable of ameliorating core …

CHRISTOPHER SUMMERFIELD AND KONSTANTINOS TSETSOS abstract How should
humans think and act? This question is relevant to a multitude of academic disciplines, from …

The ability to make appropriate choices is critical for survival. Successful decision making
requires the integration of sensory information, motivational states and potential outcomes to …

Highlights•Dopamine signal follows behavioral satisfaction of transitivity axiom.•Dopamine
signal follows behavioral satisfaction of first-order stochastic dominance.•Orbitofrontal signal …

Decision neuroscience research, as currently practiced, employs the methods of
neuroscience to investigate concepts drawn from the social sciences. A typical study selects …

The mathematical formulations used to study the neurophysiological signals governing
choice behavior fall under one of two major theoretical frameworks:“choice probability” or …