Probabilistic vs. non-probabilistic approaches to the neurobiology of perceptual decision-making

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 963-969

  Drugowitsch, Jan ^a   Pouget, Alexandre ^b,c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERCEPTION; REWARD;

EID: 84878207116     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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