A central question in cognitive neuroscience is how unitary, coherent decisions at the whole
organism level can arise from the distributed behavior of a large population of neurons with …

Using a novel visual-tactile paradigm in rats, Nikbakht et al.(2018) describe multisensory
behavior that outperformed predictions of optimal cue combination (indicating cross-modal …

The disagreements among commentators may appear substantial, but much of the debate
seems to stem from inconsistent use of the term optimality. Optimality can be used to indicate …

Extensive increases in cingulo-opercular frontal activity are typically observed during
speech recognition in noise tasks. This elevated activity has been linked to a word …

Background: The prevalence of sedentary behavior in adolescents has aroused social
attention. The association between sedentary behavior and cognitive flexibility remains …

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) show impaired decision-making when sensory and
memory information must be combined. This recently identified impairment results from an …

In uncertain environments, seeking information about alternative choice options is essential
for adaptive learning and decision-making. However, information seeking is usually …

An emerging focus on the geometry of representational structures is advancing a variety of
areas in social perception, including social categorization, emotion perception, and trait …

Neural substrates of evidence accumulation have been a central issue in decision-making
studies because of the prominent success of the accumulation model in explaining a wide …

Predictive tracking demonstrates our ability to maintain a line of vision on moving objects
even when they temporarily disappear. Models of smooth pursuit eye movements posit that …