Degenerate boundaries for multiple-alternative decisions

Sophie-Anne Baker; Thom Griffith; Nathan F. Lepora

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32741-y

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Degenerate boundaries for multiple-alternative decisions

Sophie-Anne Baker,
Thom Griffith,
Nathan F. Lepora

Affiliations

Sophie-Anne Baker: Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol
Thom Griffith: Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol
Nathan F. Lepora: Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32741-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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How animals make multiple-choice decisions over three or more alternatives is not well understood. Here the authors use simulations to uncover that there is not one but many optimal parameter value configurations on the reward landscape of the multiple-choice threshold boundaries.

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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