Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias

  • Anne E. Urai,
  • Anke Braun,
  • Tobias H. Donner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14637
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Decision uncertainty is often associated with higher order cognition and can impact choices. Here the authors show that post-decision pupil dilation scales with uncertainty and predicts a change in upcoming choice patterns.