Gain modulation by an urgency signal controls the speed-accuracy trade-off in a network model of a cortical decision circuit

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Standage, Dominic ^a   You, Hongzhi ^b   Wang, Da Hui ^b   Dorris, Michael C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gain modulation; Neural model; Recurrent network; Speed accuracy trade off; Urgency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MODULATION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SIGNAL ENCODING;

GAIN MODULATION; NEURAL MODELING; RECURRENT NETWORKS; TRADE OFF; URGENCY;

DECISION MAKING;

FILTRATION; FIRING RATE; MODEL; MODULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOISE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84864412345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2011.00007     Document Type: Article

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