During perceptual decisions, the activity of sensory neurons correlates with a subject's
percept, even when the physical stimulus is identical,,,,,,,,. The origin of this correlation is …

Neuronal recordings and lesion studies indicate that key aspects of economic decisions take
place in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). Previous work identified in this area three groups of …

Dopamine has a central role in motivation and reward. Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral
tegmental area (VTA) signal the discrepancy between expected and actual rewards (that is …

The posterior parietal cortex exhibits choice-selective activity during perceptual decision-
making tasks,,,,,,,,–. However, it is not known how this selective activity arises from the …

Traditionally the object of economic theory and experimental psychology, economic choice
recently became a lively research focus in systems neuroscience. Here I summarize the …

Our brains allow us to reason about alternatives and to make choices that are likely to pay
off. Often there is no one correct answer, but instead one that is favoured simply because it is …

The prefrontal cortex is a critical neuroanatomical hub for controlling motivated behaviours
across mammalian species,,. In addition to intra-cortical connectivity, prefrontal projection …

Humans and other animals must often make decisions on the basis of imperfect evidence,.
Statisticians use measures such as P values to assign degrees of confidence to …

Neuronal reward valuations provide the physiological basis for economic behaviour. Yet,
how such valuations are converted to economic decisions remains unclear. Here we show …

Findings from single-cell recording studies suggest that a comparison of the outputs of
different pools of selectively tuned lower-level sensory neurons may be a general …