The neural substrate of prior information in perceptual decision making: a model-based analysis

Prior information biases the decision process: actions consistent with prior information are executed swiftly, whereas actions inconsistent with prior information are executed slowly. How is this bias implemented in the brain? To address this question we conducted an experiment in which people had t...

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Main Authors: Birte U Forstmann, Scott Brown, Gilles Dutilh, Jane Neumann, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00040/full