Among the rhythms of the brain, oscillations in the beta frequency range (∼ 13–30 Hz) have
been considered the most enigmatic. Traditionally associated with sensorimotor functions …

Perceptual decision making is the process by which animals detect, discriminate, and
categorize information from the senses. Over the past two decades, understanding how …

Human perceptual decisions are often described as optimal. Critics of this view have argued
that claims of optimality are overly flexible and lack explanatory power. Meanwhile …

Making decisions in uncertain environments often requires combining multiple pieces of
ambiguous information from external cues. In such conditions, human choices resemble …

The discovery of neural signals that reflect the dynamics of perceptual decision formation
has had a considerable impact. Not only do such signals enable detailed investigations of …

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

Highlights•Computation noise drives human decision variability under uncertainty.•
Computation noise sets cognitive constraints on information processing.•Computation noise …

Humans are more likely to report perceiving an expected than an unexpected stimulus.
Influential theories have proposed that this bias arises from expectation altering the sensory …

Humans are often required to compare average magnitudes in numerical data; for example,
when comparing product prices on two rival consumer websites. However, the neural and …

In the current hypothesis paper, we propose that focusing attention on silence can be used
as a paradigm conceptually similar to sensory deprivation, to study consciousness without …