There is growing interest in diffusion models to represent the cognitive and neural processes
of speeded decision making. Sequential-sampling models like the diffusion model have a …

People with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) have specific problems making
decisions, whereas their other cognitive functions are spared. Neurophysiological studies …

We use mental models of the world—cognitive maps—to guide behavior. The lateral
orbitofrontal cortex (lOFC) is typically thought to support behavior by deploying these maps …

During decision-making, neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) sequentially represent the
value of each option in turn, but it is unclear how these dynamics are translated into a choice …

Economic choice behavior entails the computation and comparison of subjective values. A
central contribution of neuroeconomics has been to show that subjective values are …

When making a subjective choice, the brain must compute a value for each option and
compare those values to make a decision. The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is critically involved …

Many accounts of reward-based choice argue for distinct component processes that are
serial and functionally localized. In this Opinion article, we argue for an alternative viewpoint …

In the eighteenth century, Daniel Bernoulli, Adam Smith and Jeremy Bentham proposed that
economic choices rely on the computation and comparison of subjective values. This …

We propose that economic choice can be understood as a gradual transformation from a
domain of options to one of the actions. We draw an analogy with the idea of untangling …

Perceptual decisions requiring the comparison of spatially distributed stimuli that are fixated
sequentially might be influenced by fluctuations in visual attention. We used two …