Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience
There is great interest in relating individual differences in cognitive processing to activation of neural systems. The general process involves relating measures of task performance like reaction times or accuracy to brain activity to identify individual differences in neural processing. One limi...
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| description | There is great interest in relating individual differences in cognitive processing to activation of neural systems. The general process involves relating measures of task performance like reaction times or accuracy to brain activity to identify individual differences in neural processing. One limitation of this approach is that measures like reaction times can be affected by multiple components of processing. For instance, some individuals might have higher accuracy in a memory task because they respond more cautiously, not because they have better memory. Computational models of decision making, like the drift-diffusion model and the linear ballistic accumulator model, provide a potential solution to this problem. They can be fitted to data from individual participants to disentangle the effects of the different processes driving behavior. In this sense the models can provide cleaner measures of the processes of interest, and enhance our understanding of how neural activity varies across individuals or populations. The advantages of this model-based approach to investigating individual differences in neural activity are discussed with recent examples of how this method can improve our understanding of the brain-behavior relationship. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27035a27a527473780e9c14330adaca32022-12-22T02:20:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-02-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00081180427Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscienceCorey N White0Ryan A. Curl1Jennifer F. Sloane2Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversityThere is great interest in relating individual differences in cognitive processing to activation of neural systems. The general process involves relating measures of task performance like reaction times or accuracy to brain activity to identify individual differences in neural processing. One limitation of this approach is that measures like reaction times can be affected by multiple components of processing. For instance, some individuals might have higher accuracy in a memory task because they respond more cautiously, not because they have better memory. Computational models of decision making, like the drift-diffusion model and the linear ballistic accumulator model, provide a potential solution to this problem. They can be fitted to data from individual participants to disentangle the effects of the different processes driving behavior. In this sense the models can provide cleaner measures of the processes of interest, and enhance our understanding of how neural activity varies across individuals or populations. The advantages of this model-based approach to investigating individual differences in neural activity are discussed with recent examples of how this method can improve our understanding of the brain-behavior relationship.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00081/fullEEGfMRIindividual differenceslinear ballistic accumulator modeldrift-diffusion model |
| spellingShingle | Corey N White Ryan A. Curl Jennifer F. Sloane Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience Frontiers in Psychology EEG fMRI individual differences linear ballistic accumulator model drift-diffusion model |
| title | Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience |
| title_full | Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience |
| title_fullStr | Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience |
| title_short | Using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience |
| title_sort | using decision models to enhance investigations of individual differences in cognitive neuroscience |
| topic | EEG fMRI individual differences linear ballistic accumulator model drift-diffusion model |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00081/full |
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