A neural circuit model of decision uncertainty and change-of-mind

Nadim A. A. Atiya; Iñaki Rañó; Girijesh Prasad; KongFatt Wong-Lin

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10316-8

Nature Communications (May 2019)

A neural circuit model of decision uncertainty and change-of-mind

Nadim A. A. Atiya,
Iñaki Rañó,
Girijesh Prasad,
KongFatt Wong-Lin

Affiliations

Nadim A. A. Atiya: Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Magee Campus
Iñaki Rañó: Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Magee Campus
Girijesh Prasad: Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Magee Campus
KongFatt Wong-Lin: Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Magee Campus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10316-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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We make decisions with varying degrees of confidence and, if our confidence in a decision falls, we may change our mind. Here, the authors present a neuronal circuit model to account for how change of mind occurs under particular low-confidence conditions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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