Motivated control refers to the coordination of behaviour to achieve affectively valenced
outcomes or goals. The study of motivated control traditionally assumes a distinction …

We discuss how cybernetic principles of feedback control, used to explain sensorimotor
behavior, can be extended to provide a foundation for understanding cognition. In particular …

Skilled sensorimotor interactions with the world result from a series of decision-making
processes that determine, on the basis of information extracted during the unfolding …

The nervous system is a product of evolution. That is, it was constructed through a long
series of modifications, within the strong constraints of heredity, and continuously subjected …

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 …

We propose that the entirety of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) can be seen as fundamentally
premotor in nature. By this, we mean that the PFC consists of an action abstraction hierarchy …

Given two rewarding stimuli, animals tend to choose the more rewarding (or less effortful)
option. However, they also move faster toward that stimulus [1–5]. This suggests that reward …

Humans are adept at performing an extraordinary breadth of voluntary motor actions that
allow us to rapidly move around and interact with the environment. While voluntary motor …

Embodied Choice considers action performance as a proper part of the decision making
process rather than merely as a means to report the decision. The central statement of …

Most current decision-making research focuses on classical economic scenarios, where
choice offers are prespecified and where action dynamics play no role in the decision …