Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Psychophysical reverse correlation reflects both sensory and decision-making processes

  • Gouki Okazawa,
  • Long Sha,
  • Braden A. Purcell,
  • Roozbeh Kiani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05797-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Reverse correlation is a psychophysics technique used to infer sensory filter properties by measuring how changes in stimuli influence behavior. Here, the authors show that reverse correlation is shaped by both sensory and decision-making processes, and validate a method to partition their contributions.