Neuroscience: impaired decision-making in Parkinson's disease

When making decisions we combine previously acquired knowledge with the available current information to optimize our choices. A new study shows that Parkinson patients are impaired in using their prior knowledge leading to suboptimal decisions when current information is ambiguous.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Herz, D, Bogacz, R, Brown, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2016