Much evidence has shown that perception is biased towards previously presented similar
stimuli, an effect recently termed serial dependence. Serial dependence affects nearly every …

Vision is the sense humans rely on most to navigate the world, make decisions, and perform
complex tasks. Understanding how humans see thus represents one of the most …

While judging their sensory environments, decision-makers seem to use the uncertainty
about their choices to guide adjustments of their subsequent behaviour. One possible …

Many models of cognition and of neural computations posit the use and estimation of prior
stimulus statistics,,,: it has long been known that working memory and perception are …

Spontaneous and sensory-evoked cortical activity is highly state-dependent, yet relatively
little is known about transitions between distinct waking states. Patterns of activity in mouse …

Classical models of perceptual decision-making assume that subjects use a single,
consistent strategy to form decisions, or that decision-making strategies evolve slowly over …

Striatal dopamine drives associative learning by acting as a teaching signal. Much work has
focused on simple learning paradigms, including Pavlovian and instrumental learning …

Human perceptual decisions are often described as optimal. Critics of this view have argued
that claims of optimality are overly flexible and lack explanatory power. Meanwhile …

Many theories of brain function propose that activity in sparse subsets of neurons underlies
perception and action. To place a lower bound on the amount of neural activity that can be …

The basal forebrain provides the primary source of cholinergic input to the cortex, and it has
a crucial function in promoting wakefulness and arousal. However, whether rapid changes …