Learning stochastic reward distributions in a speeded pointing task

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4356-4367

  Seydell, Anna ^a   McCann, Brian C ^b   Trommershäuser, Julia ^a   Knill, David C ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental statistics; Implicit learning; Maximizing expected gain; Movement planning; Visuomotor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING THEORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; STATISTICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 43749106024     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0647-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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