Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Learning to optimize perceptual decisions through suppressive interactions in the human brain

  • Polytimi Frangou,
  • Uzay E. Emir,
  • Vasilis M. Karlaftis,
  • Caroline Nettekoven,
  • Emily L. Hinson,
  • Stephanie Larcombe,
  • Holly Bridge,
  • Charlotte J. Stagg,
  • Zoe Kourtzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08313-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Learning improves perceptual decisions by enhancing the brain's ability to filter noise and irrelevant information. Here, the authors show that GABAergic inhibition in decision-making circuits supports our ability to optimize perceptual judgments through learning and experience.