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 …

Decisions take time, and as a rule more difficult decisions take more time. But this only
raises the question of what consumes the time. For decisions informed by a sequence of …

A decision is a commitment to a proposition or plan of action based on information and
values associated with the possible outcomes. The process operates in a flexible timeframe …

The neural bases of behavior are often discussed in terms of perceptual, cognitive, and
motor stages, defined within an information processing framework that was originally …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 118 (1) of
Psychological Review (see record 2011-00732-004). The name of the philosopher Charles …

Neurophysiological studies of decision making have primarily focused on decisions about
information that is stable over time. However, during natural behavior, animals make …

How does the brain decide between actions? Is it through comparisons of abstract
representations of outcomes or through a competition in a sensorimotor map defining the …

Posterior parietal cortex (PPC) activity correlates with monkeys' decisions during visual
discrimination and categorization tasks. However, recent work has questioned whether …

Coupling stimuli and actions with positive or negative outcomes facilitates the selection of
appropriate actions. Several brain regions are involved in the development of goal-directed …

Many decisions we make require visually identifying and evaluating numerous alternatives
quickly. These usually vary in reward, or value, and in low-level visual properties, such as …