The study of perceptual decision-making offers insight into how the brain uses complex,
sometimes ambiguous information to guide actions. Understanding the underlying …

Over the past 20 years there has been a growing interest in the neural underpinnings of
cost/benefit decision-making. Recent studies with animal models have made considerable …

Vision, choice, action and behavioural engagement arise from neuronal activity that may be
distributed across brain regions. Here we delineate the spatial distribution of neurons …

Escaping from imminent danger is an instinctive behaviour that is fundamental for survival,
and requires the classification of sensory stimuli as harmless or threatening. The absence of …

The ability to suppress actions that lead to a negative outcome and explore alternative
actions is necessary for optimal decision making. Although the basal ganglia have been …

An animal's survival depends on its ability to correctly evaluate sensory stimuli and select
appropriate behavioral responses. When confronted with ambiguous stimuli, the brain is …

A key challenge in neuroscience is understanding how neurons in hundreds of
interconnected brain regions integrate sensory inputs with prior expectations to initiate …

Neural activity in frontal cortical areas has been causally linked to short-term memory (STM),
but whether this activity is necessary for forming, maintaining, or reading out STM remains …

Decision making is a cognitive process that mediates behaviors critical for survival.
Choosing spatial targets is an experimentally-tractable form of decision making that …

The brain converts perceptual information into appropriate patterns of muscle activity
depending on the categorization and localization of sensory cues. Sensorimotor information …