Highlights•Foraging provides a basis for modeling economic choice based on
adaptiveness.•Foraging choices are accept–reject; foraging models interpret binary choice …

Prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the cognitive center that integrates and regulates global brain
activity. However, the whole-brain organization of PFC axon projections remains poorly …

One dominant hypothesis about the function of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is that the OFC
signals the subjective values of possible outcomes to other brain areas for learning and …

During economic choice, options are often considered in alternation, until commitment.
Nonetheless, neuroeconomics typically ignores the dynamic aspects of deliberation. We …

Economic choice proceeds from evaluation, in which we contemplate options, to selection,
in which we weigh options and choose one. These stages must be differentiated so that …

Phasic changes in eye's pupil diameter have been repeatedly observed during cognitive,
emotional and behavioral activity in mammals. Although pupil diameter is known to be …

Cognition can reveal itself in the pupil, as latent cognitive processes map onto specific pupil
responses. For instance, the pupil dilates when we make decisions and these pupil size …

Choice-relevant brain regions in prefrontal cortex may progressively transform information
about options into choices. Here, we examine responses of neurons in four regions of the …

Results of recent studies point towards a new framework for the neural bases of economic
choice. The principles of this framework include the idea that evaluation is limited to a single …

A key step of decision making is to determine the value associated with each option. The
evaluation process often depends on the accumulation of evidence from multiple sources …