Choice certainty is informed by both evidence and decision time

Neuron

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1329-1342

  Kiani, Roozbeh ^a   Corthell, Leah ^b   Shadlen, Michael N ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTAINTY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; THINKING; TIME; EYE MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926392929     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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