Skilled sensorimotor interactions with the world result from a series of decision-making
processes that determine, on the basis of information extracted during the unfolding …

Neurophysiological studies of decision-making have focused primarily on elucidating the
mechanisms of classic economic decisions, for which the relevant variables are the values …

Decision making is a fundamental cognitive function, which not only determines our day‐to‐
day choices but also shapes the trajectories of our movements, our lives, and our societies …

Neurophysiological studies suggest that when decisions are made between concrete
actions, the selection process involves a competition between potential action …

When given a choice between actions that yield the same reward, we tend to prefer the one
that requires the least effort. Recent studies have shown that humans are remarkably …

A growing body of evidence suggests that decision-making and action execution are
governed by partly overlapping operating principles. Especially, previous work proposed …

We recorded single-neuron activity in dorsal premotor (PMd) and primary motor cortex (M1)
of two monkeys in a reach-target selection task. The monkeys chose between two color …

Perceptual decision making has been widely studied using tasks in which subjects are
asked to discriminate a visual stimulus and instructed to report their decision with a …

Mounting neural evidence suggests that, in situations in which there are multiple potential
targets for action, the brain prepares, in parallel, competing movements associated with …

Accurate interaction with the environment relies on the integration of external information
about the spatial layout of potential actions and knowledge of their costs and benefits …