Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Transforming absolute value to categorical choice in primate superior colliculus during value-based decision making

  • Beizhen Zhang,
  • Janis Ying Ying Kan,
  • Mingpo Yang,
  • Xiaochun Wang,
  • Jiahao Tu,
  • Michael Christopher Dorris

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23747-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Value-based decision making involves choosing from multiple options with different values. The authors identify a neural mechanism that directly transforms absolute values to categorical choices within the superior colliculus and which supports value-based decision making critical for real-world economic behaviours.