Normalization is a general neural mechanism for context-dependent decision making

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 6139-6144

  Louie, Kenway ^a   Khaw, Mel W ^a   Glimcher, Paul W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context dependence; Divisive normalization; Neural coding; Neuroeconomics; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD;

EID: 84876067951     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217854110     Document Type: Article

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