The study of perceptual decision-making in monkeys has provided insights into the process
by which sensory evidence is integrated toward a decision. When monkeys make decisions …

Standard economic theories conceive homo economicus as a rational decision maker
capable of maximizing utility. In reality, however, people tend to approximate optimal …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on challenge of studying the neurobiology of
decision-making. Establishing causal links between neural responses and perceptual or …

Decision-makers objectively commit to a definitive choice, yet at the subjective level, human
decisions appear to be associated with a degree of uncertainty. Whether decisions are …

One of the most striking findings of cognitive reasoning research over recent decades is that
human judgment frequently violates traditional normative standards: In a wide range of …

Optimal behavior in a competitive world requires the flexibility to adapt decision strategies
based on recent outcomes. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that this flexibility …

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

There has been a long debate on the existence of brain signals that precede the outcome of
decisions, even before subjects believe they are consciously making up their mind. The …

Highlights•Gradual accumulation of evidence, core to decision-making, can be studied in
rodents.•Pulse-based sensory evidence stimuli facilitate behavioral and neural …

The extent to which different cognitive processes are “embodied” is widely debated.
Previous studies have implicated sensorimotor regions such as lateral intraparietal (LIP) …