Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Perceptual decisions and oculomotor responses rely on temporally distinct streams of evidence

  • Matteo Lisi,
  • Michael J. Morgan,
  • Joshua A. Solomon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03141-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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A paradigm in which visual stimuli that influence decisions can be distinguished from those guiding motor responses demonstrates that in humans, perceptual decisions are formed, at least in part, prior to the preparation of a motor response.